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Tangram Tangle

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If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?

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Square Corners

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What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?

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Square Tangram

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This was a problem for our birthday website. Can you use four of these pieces to form a square? How about making a square with all five pieces?

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Seven Flipped

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Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.

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Cuboid-in-a-box

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What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?

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Two by One

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An activity making various patterns with 2 x 1 rectangular tiles.

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Escher Tessellations

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This practical investigation invites you to make tessellating shapes in a similar way to the artist Escher.

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Brush Loads

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How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

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Cutting Corners

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Can you make the most extraordinary, the most amazing, the most unusual patterns/designs from these triangles which are made in a special way?

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Sticks and Triangles

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Using different numbers of sticks, how many different triangles are you able to make? Can you make any rules about the numbers of sticks that make the most triangles?

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Dienes' Logiblocs

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This problem focuses on Dienes' Logiblocs. What is the same and what is different about these pairs of shapes? Can you describe the shapes in the picture?

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Making Maths: Happy Families

Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.

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Little Boxes

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How many different cuboids can you make when you use four CDs or DVDs? How about using five, then six?

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Creating Cubes

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Arrange 9 red cubes, 9 blue cubes and 9 yellow cubes into a large 3 by 3 cube. No row or column of cubes must contain two cubes of the same colour.

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Two on Five

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Take 5 cubes of one colour and 2 of another colour. How many different ways can you join them if the 5 must touch the table and the 2 must not touch the table?

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Making Cuboids

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Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

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Repeating Patterns

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Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

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Tri.'s

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How many triangles can you make on the 3 by 3 pegboard?

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Cereal Packets

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How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?

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Advent Calendar 2006

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NRICH December 2006 advent calendar - a new tangram for each day in the run-up to Christmas.

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Advent Calendar 2008

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Our 2008 Advent Calendar has a 'Making Maths' activity for every day in the run-up to Christmas.

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Map Folding

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Take a rectangle of paper and fold it in half, and half again, to make four smaller rectangles. How many different ways can you fold it up?

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Putting Two and Two Together

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In how many ways can you fit two of these yellow triangles together? Can you predict the number of ways two blue triangles can be fitted together?

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Egyptian Rope

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The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

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Baked Bean Cans

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Is there a best way to stack cans? What do different supermarkets do? How high can you safely stack the cans?

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How Tall?

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A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

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World of Tan 20 - Fractions

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the chairs?

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World of Tan 21 - Almost There Now

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the lobster, yacht and cyclist?

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World of Tan 24 - Clocks

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these clocks?

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World of Tan 27 - Sharing

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Fung at the table?

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Order the Changes

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Can you order pictures of the development of a frog from frogspawn and of a bean seed growing into a plant?

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World of Tan 25 - Pentominoes

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these people?

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World of Tan 22 - an Appealing Stroll

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the child walking home from school?

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World of Tan 19 - Working Men

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this shape. How would you describe it?

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World of Tan 11 - the Past, Present and Future

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the telescope and microscope?

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World of Tan 9 - Animals

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this goat and giraffe?

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World of Tan 7 - Gat Marn

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this plaque design?

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Making Maths: Rolypoly

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Paint a stripe on a cardboard roll. Can you predict what will happen when it is rolled across a sheet of paper?

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World of Tan 12 - All in a Fluff

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of these rabbits?

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World of Tan 14 - Celebrations

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming and Little Fung dancing?

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World of Tan 18 - Soup

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of Mai Ling and Chi Wing?

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World of Tan 16 - Time Flies

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the candle and sundial?

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World of Tan 15 - Millennia

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the workmen?

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World of Tan 28 - Concentrating on Coordinates

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming playing the board game?

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Four Layers

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Can you create more models that follow these rules?

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Happy Halving

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Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

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Shaping Up

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Are all the possible combinations of two shapes included in this set of 27 cards? How do you know?

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Chairs and Tables

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Make a chair and table out of interlocking cubes, making sure that the chair fits under the table!

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Halving

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These pictures show squares split into halves. Can you find other ways?

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Little Man

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The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?


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