Quest of Nine
The Quest of Nine is a mathematical problem solving game aimed at year seven pupils; although a bright year 5 or year 6 pupil could attempt it with the help of an adult.
The aim of the quest is to navigate through 28 'Rooms' in the Citadel. Each Room has a locked door which can be opened with a Key Number which is found by solving a problem in one of the previous Rooms.
The quest may take you quite a while over a number of sessions so it is important that the pupils using this Record Sheet to keep a record of the Key Numbers so they can continue from where they left off.
| Room | Mathematical activities | |
| The Entrance | Addition in a Magic Square | |
| The Corridor | Fibonacci sequence
Number sequences |
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| The Tetrahedron Room | Solving the maze
Addition of a set of numbers between 0 and 20 |
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| The Function Machine Room | Function machines - single function and two function
Multiplication and division Square numbers |
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| The Cube Room | Area of a rectangles and irregular shapes
Metric measures Multiplication of two-digit numbers |
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| The Turtle Maze | Turtle graphics
Direction Sequencing actions |
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| The Room of Squares | Number patterns in a 100 square
Multiplication square Calculator addition and division |
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| The Pentagon Mosaic | Shape and space
Tessellations Division |
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| The Rubik Room | 3D shape and space
Nets of solids |
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| The Packing Room | Volume of cuboid containers | |
| The Display Room | 3D shapes
Front, side and plan views |
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| The Hexagon mosaic | Tessellations
Number patterns Square root Calculator use |
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| The Fractions Room | Fractions of different shapes
Equivalent fractions |
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| The Scales Room | Metric measures
Capacity Reading scales Conversion charts Percentages |
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| The Block Room | Surface area
3D shape |
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| The Charts Room | Pie chart
Percentages Estimating area in a pie chart |
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| The Grid Room | 2D shape
Coordinates |
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| The Control Room | Reading scales
Understanding graphs Calculations |
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| The Thermostat Room | Reading scales
Understanding graphs Calculations Average values |
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| The Octagon Floor | Tessellations
Shape and space |
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| The Bathroom | Surface area
Calculator use |
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| The Reflection Room | Coordinates
Reflection Shape and space |
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| The Garden Room | Area of irregular shapes | |
| The Octahedron Room | Area of a triangle
Surface area |
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| The Polyhedra Room | Polyhedra
Shape |
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| The Octagon Maze | Turtle graphics
Simple programming |
