Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
Madras College have done a lot of work on this problem and Malcolm sent us some nice solutions:
Multiplication & division. Interlocking cubes. Investigations. Factors and multiples. Working systematically. Addition & subtraction. Interactivities. Tessellations. Visualising. Combinations.
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