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Odd One Out: choose an answer and defend the rule.

Show four items and ask students which one does not belong. The best answers are not always the obvious ones: students should justify the rule they are using and respond to alternative arguments.

Odd One Out

Pick the odd one out, then defend the rule.

There may be more than one valid answer. The point is not just to guess; it is to explain the rule that makes your choice different.

Starter

Maths

Number Properties

Prompt

1/8

Which number is the odd one out? Try to find more than one defensible answer.

Choose one item, then ask the room to defend or challenge the choice.