20 High Ceiling Maths Questions – Poster

20 High-Ceiling Questions for Primary Maths

Free guide for teachers

“Every child can start. Your high potential students can take them anywhere.”

Most maths extension is just more of the same — more worksheets, more problems, same level of thinking. High-ceiling questions work differently: every student can attempt them, but there’s no ceiling on how far a capable student can take their thinking.

This free poster gives you 20 ready-to-use questions across four key strands, so you can stretch thinking in any maths lesson without extra prep.

What’s inside:

• 5 questions each across Number & Operations, Geometry & Measurement, Data & Chance, and Patterns & Algebra
• No setup, no extra resources — just open-ended questions you can drop into any lesson
• Designed to differentiate naturally: every student finds an entry point, your most capable students find the depth

Perfect for fast finishers, whole-class extension, or as a quick bank of “what now?” questions when a lesson wraps up early.

Download your free copy below — print it, pin it near your desk, or keep it open on your screen for instant extension prompts.