Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?
What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?
In this town, houses are built with one room for each person. There are some families of seven people living in the town. In how many different ways can they build their houses?
Lewis from North Molton Primary School wrote to say:
I made a pattern $5 \times 5$ and then repeated it across the board.
Thank you for telling us about it, Lewis. It's a shame you didn't send us a picture of your pattern.
We would love to see any patterns that you've created - please send them in.