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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 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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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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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 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 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 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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Tessellate the Triominoes

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What happens when you try and fit the triomino pieces into these two grids?

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Midpoint Triangle

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Can you cut up a square in the way shown and make the pieces into a triangle?

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Cover the Camel

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Can you cover the camel with these pieces?

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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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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 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 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 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 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 2 - Little Ming

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

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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 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 7 - Gat Marn

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

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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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Making Tangrams

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

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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 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 8 - Sports Car

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

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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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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 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 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 10 - Butterflies

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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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28 and It's Upward and Onward

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Can you find ways of joining cubes together so that 28 faces are visible?

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Domino Numbers

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Can you see why 2 by 2 could be 5? Can you predict what 2 by 10 will be?

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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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Horizontal Vertical

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Take it in turns to place a domino on the grid. One to be placed horizontally and the other vertically. Can you make it impossible for your opponent to play?

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Pyramid Numbers

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What are the next three numbers in this sequence? Can you explain why are they called pyramid numbers?

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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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Go Moku

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A game for two players on a large squared space.

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Coin Cogs

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Can you work out what is wrong with the cogs on a UK 2 pound coin?

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Triangular Faces

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This problem invites you to build 3D shapes using two different triangles. Can you make the shapes from the pictures?

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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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Counters

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Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remover them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?

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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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How We'd Count

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An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.

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Tetrafit

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A tetromino is made up of four squares joined edge to edge. Can this tetromino, together with 15 copies of itself, be used to cover an eight by eight chessboard?

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Four Triangles Puzzle

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Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?


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