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Watch this animation. What do you see? Can you explain why this happens?
What do you think is going to happen in this video clip? Are you surprised?
Try out some calculations. Are you surprised by the results?
Play this game to learn about adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers
Imagine a very strange bank account where you are only allowed to do two things...
I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?
Watch these videos to see how Phoebe, Alice and Luke chose to draw 7 squares. How would they draw 100?
Generate three random numbers to determine the side lengths of a triangle. What triangles can you draw?
Watch the video to see how to fold a square of paper to create a flower. What fraction of the piece of paper is the small triangle?
Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.
Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?
Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Take a look at the video and try to find a sequence of moves that will untangle the ropes.
Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?
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?
Caroline and James pick sets of five numbers. Charlie tries to find three that add together to make a multiple of three. Can they stop him?
A magician took a suit of thirteen cards and held them in his hand face down. Every card he revealed had the same value as the one he had just finished spelling. How did this work?
How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?
This is an adding game for two players. Can you be the first to reach the target?
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
Does this 'trick' for calculating multiples of 11 always work? Why or why not?
Take a look at the video of this trick. Can you perform it yourself? Why is this maths and not magic?
Watch this animation. What do you notice? What happens when you try more or fewer cubes in a bundle?
Newspapers said that eating a bacon sandwich every day raises the risk of bowel cancer by 20%. Should you be concerned?
Watch this video to see how to roll the dice. Now it's your turn! What do you notice about the dice numbers you have recorded?
Take a look at the video showing areas of different shapes on dotty grids...
Take a look at the video showing rhombuses and their diagonals...
Dotty Six game for an adult and child. Will you be the first to have three sixes in a straight line?
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?
Video for teachers of a talk given by Dan Meyer in Cambridge in March 2013.
The Enigma Project's James Grime has created a video code challenge. Watch it here!
This article introduces the idea of generic proof for younger children and illustrates how one example can offer a proof of a general result through unpacking its underlying structure.
As part of Liverpool08 European Capital of Culture there were a huge number of events and displays. One of the art installations was called "Turning the Place Over". Can you find our how it works?
Here is a chance to create some Celtic knots and explore the mathematics behind them.
Alf and Tracy explain how the Kingsfield School maths department use common tasks to encourage all students to think mathematically about key areas in the curriculum.
These models have appeared around the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Perhaps you would like to try to make some similar models of your own.
Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct.
Can you picture how to order the cards to reproduce Charlie's card trick for yourself?
Time for a little mathemagic! Choose any five cards from a pack and show four of them to your partner. How can they work out the fifth?
In this game for two players, take it in turns to shade one petal, or two petals next to each other. Is it better to go first or second?