Math starter problems

Maths Starter of the Day is a website that provides a daily warm-up math problem that can easily be displayed on the SmartBoard.  The problems vary with their format, but are very good at challenging students to think critically and logically.  It is a great way to get discussion among students in your class, and truly promotes the problem solving approach that many of our math students have difficulty with.  It also gives students a chance to be creative and understand that there are different ways to come to the same solution.  Working as a team, and testing out different classmates' ideas to come to a solution, is a great way to promote collaboration and fun in the classroom.  Check it out.  Here is an example of one problem:

 place the numbers in the appropriate boxes so that the vertical and horizontal lines add up to the same number