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?
Swap the stars with the moons, using only knights' moves (as on a chess board). What is the smallest number of moves possible?
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
Here are some little problems. How would you put them on paper using - words? - pictures? - numbers? - objects? - other ways?
Zoe had these three sweets.
Her friend Rajneet gave her two more. How many has Zoe got now?
Karala had 8 dolls.
She gave 3 of them to her little sister. How many dolls has Karala got now?
It was Toby's birthday and he had 6 birthday cards.
The postman brought some more cards for him and Toby now has 9 cards.
How many cards did the postman bring to Toby?
Si had 8 balloons looking bright and bouncy.
Some then popped and he only had 5 left that were bright and bouncy.
How many had popped?
Some children were walking to school together.
Three more joined them.
Now there were 9 children altogether.
How many were walking together first of all?
Marcus had some coins in his pocket.
Sadly he lost 7 of them, now he only
has three coins. How many coins
were there before he lost them?