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Broad Topics > Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics > Visualising

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Building with Cubes

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Try to picture these buildings of cubes in your head. Can you make them to check whether you had imagined them correctly?

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Start Cube Drilling

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Imagine a 3 by 3 by 3 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will have holes drilled through them?

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Cubes Cut Into Four Pieces

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Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

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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 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 17 - Weather

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the watering can and man in a boat?

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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 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 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 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 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 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 3 - Mai Ling

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Mai Ling?

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World of Tan 26 - Old Chestnut

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this brazier for roasting chestnuts?

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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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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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World of Tan 29 - the Telephone

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this telephone?

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Green Cube, Yellow Cube

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How can you paint the faces of these eight cubes so they can be put together to make a 2 x 2 cube that is green all over AND a 2 x 2 cube that is yellow all over?

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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 8 - Sports Car

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this sports car?

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More Building with Cubes

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Here are more buildings to picture in your mind's eye. Watch out - they become quite complicated!

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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 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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Making Tangrams

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Here's a simple way to make a Tangram without any measuring or ruling lines.

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Triple Cubes

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This challenge involves eight three-cube models made from interlocking cubes. Investigate different ways of putting the models together then compare your constructions.

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How Many Pieces?

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How many loops of string have been used to make these patterns?

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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 13 - A Storm in a Tea Cup

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of these convex shapes?

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World of Tan 4 - Monday Morning

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Wai Ping, Wah Ming and Chi Wing?

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World of Tan 10 - Butterflies

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Tessellating Capitals

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Have you ever tried tessellating capital letters? Have a look at these examples and then try some for yourself.

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World of Tan 1 - Granma T

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Granma T?

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World of Tan 2 - Little Ming

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

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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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How Many Pieces This Time?

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How many pieces of string have been used in these patterns? Can you describe how you know?

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Reef and Granny

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Have a look at what happens when you pull a reef knot and a granny knot tight. Which do you think is best for securing things together? Why?

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World of Tan 5 - Rocket

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the rocket?

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World of Tan 6 - Junk

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this junk?

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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 7 - Gat Marn

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

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Holes

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I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?

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Makeover

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Exchange the positions of the two sets of counters in the least possible number of moves

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The Development of Spatial and Geometric Thinking: Co-ordinating Space in Drawings

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This second article in the series refers to research about levels of development of spatial thinking and the possible influence of instruction.

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Folding, Cutting and Punching

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Exploring and predicting folding, cutting and punching holes and making spirals.

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Fractional Triangles

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Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

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Tangram Paradox

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How can the same pieces of the tangram make this bowl before and after it was chipped? Use the interactivity to try and work out what is going on!

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Hundred Square

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A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?

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Put Yourself in a Box

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A game for 2 players. Given a board of dots in a grid pattern, players take turns drawing a line by connecting 2 adjacent dots. Your goal is to complete more squares than your opponent.

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Jomista Mat

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Looking at the picture of this Jomista Mat, can you decribe what you see? Why not try and make one yourself?

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Turning Cogs

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What happens when you turn these cogs? Investigate the differences between turning two cogs of different sizes and two cogs which are the same.


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