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A Tarsia Jigsaw activity on using given facts to work out other answers. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. By making adjustments such as removing answers and making deliberate mistakes, they can be made even more challenging and engaging to the students. To download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below.
This is a brilliant tarsia which requires students to use a given sum to find the answer to another where the numbers have been multiplied or divided by powers of ten. This would make an excellent consolidation activity which would allow you to hear some student discussion on the topic. You could also use this as a starter to see how much the students were able to figure out the questions for themselves, you could then ask them to feed back what they thought and return to it as a wrap up. Thank you for sharing.