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Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
Think of a number and follow the machine's instructions... I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.
The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?
A task involving the equivalence between fractions, percentages and decimals which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
By selecting digits for an addition grid, what targets can you make?
Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?
How many ways can you find to put in operation signs (+, −, ×, ÷) to make 100?
Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.
The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
Imagine a very strange bank account where you are only allowed to do two things...
Mathematicians are always looking for efficient methods for solving problems. How efficient can you be?
Choose some fractions and add them together. Can you get close to 1?
Play this game to learn about adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers
Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?
Can you figure out how sequences of beach huts are generated?
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.
In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?