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Tables  The interactivity displays five numbers from a shifted
times table. On Levels 1 and 2 it will always be the first five
numbers. On Levels 3 and 4 it could be any five numbers from the
shifted times table.  Use the interactivity to generate some
sets of five numbers. Can you work out the times table and by
how much it has been shifted?  Shifting Times Tables  ? ? ? ? ?
Always enter the biggest times table it could be. The shift is
always less than the times table.  Shifted by       Why do this
problem?  This problem encourages students to think about the
properties of numbers. It could be used as an introduction to
work on linear sequences and straight line graphs.  Possible
approach  "I'm thinking of a times table. I wonder if you can
work out which it is? $6, 12, 18, 24$" (writing the numbers on
the board as you say them.) "What about $33, 44, 55, 66?$" "$48,
54, 60, 66?$" "$135