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Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?
You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?
Complete these two jigsaws then put one on top of the other. What happens when you add the 'touching' numbers? What happens when you change the position of the jigsaws?
Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
In this challenge, you will work in a group to investigate circular fences enclosing trees that are planted in square or triangular arrangements.
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
A video clip of Jo Boaler talking about Complex Instruction.
Two video clips of classes organised into groups to work on Counting Cogs.
This article for teachers suggests a range of activities to help children get better at working in groups.
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
Group work depends on effective team work. This article describes attributes of effective team work and links to "Team Building" problems that can be used to develop learners' team working skills.
Many NRICH tasks have been designed with group work in mind. Read about Jo Boaler's research on the benefits of collaborative work and watch a clip of a teacher working in this way.