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Working systematically. Interactivities. Odd and even numbers. Addition & subtraction. Visualising. Practical Activity. Games. Factors and multiples. Compound transformations. Tangram.There are 82 results
Share Bears
Stage: 1 Challenge Level: 
Yasmin and Zach have some bears to share. Which numbers of bears can they share so that there are none left over?
Colour Wheels
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Imagine a wheel with different markings painted on it at regular intervals. Can you predict the colour of the 18th mark? The 100th mark?
A Dotty Problem
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Starting with the number 180, take away 9 again and again, joining up the dots as you go. Watch out - don't join all the dots!
Seven Flipped
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.
Are You Well Balanced?
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Can you work out how to balance this equaliser? You can put more than one weight on a hook.
Making Shapes
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Arrange any number of counters from these 18 on the grid to make a rectangle. What numbers of counters make rectangles? How many different rectangles can you make with each number of counters?
Venn Diagrams
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Use the interactivities to complete these Venn diagrams.
Sorting Numbers
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Use the interactivity to sort these numbers into sets. Can you give each set a name?
Down to Nothing
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 or more people. Starting with 100, subratct a number from 1 to 9 from the total. You score for making an odd number, a number ending in 0 or a multiple of 6.
Add the Weights
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
If you have only four weights, where could you place them in order to balance this equaliser?
Growing Garlic
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Use the interactivity to help you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had.
Clapping Times
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?
Multiplication Square Jigsaw
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?
Factor Lines
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Making Sticks
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?
Same Length Trains
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's, using rods that are identical?
Beat the Drum Beat!
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Use the interactivity to create some steady rhythms. How could you create a rhythm which sounds the same forwards as it does backwards?
Nineteen Hexagons
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
In this maze of hexagons, you start in the centre at 0. The next hexagon must be a multiple of 2 and the next a multiple of 5. What are the possible paths you could take?
Music to My Ears
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Can you predict when you'll be clapping and when you'll be clicking if you start this rhythm? How about when a friend begins a new rhythm at the same time?
Multiples Grid
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?
Neighbours
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
In a square in which the houses are evenly spaced, numbers 3 and 10 are opposite each other. What is the smallest and what is the largest possible number of houses in the square?
GOT IT
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number,say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Crossings
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
In this problem we are looking at sets of parallel sticks that cross each other. What is the least number of crossings you can make? And the greatest?
The Moons of Vuvv
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?
Lots of Lollies
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
Odds and Threes
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 people using a pack of cards Turn over 2 cards and try to make an odd number or a multiple of 3.
One of Thirty-six
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Can you find the chosen number from the grid using the clues?
Cuisenaire Environment
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.
Path to the Stars
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Is it possible to draw a 5-pointed star without taking your pencil off the paper? Is it possible to draw a 6-pointed star in the same way without taking your pen off?
Six in a Circle
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
If there is a ring of six chairs and thirty children must either sit on a chair or stand behind one, how many children will be behind each chair?
Divide it Out
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
What is the lowest number which always leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by each of the numbers from 2 to 10?
Multiples
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
This package will help introduce children to, and encourage a deep exploration of, multiples.
Grouping Goodies
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?
Flashing Lights
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Norrie sees two lights flash at the same time, then one of them flashes every 4th second, and the other flashes every 5th second. How many times do they flash together during a whole minute?
Multiplication Squares
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used once and once only.
What Is Ziffle?
Stage: 2 Short Challenge Level:
Can you work out what a ziffle is on the planet Zargon?
Heads and Feet
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Multiplication Series: Number Arrays
Stage: 1 and 2
This article for teachers describes how number arrays can be a useful reprentation for many number concepts.
Money Measure
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
How can you use just one weighing to find out which box contains the lighter ten coins out of the ten boxes?
What's Left?
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Use this grid to shade the numbers in the way described. Which numbers do you have left? Do you know what they are called?
What Two ...?
Stage: 2 Short Challenge Level:
56 406 is the product of two consecutive numbers. What are these two numbers?
Factors and Multiples Game
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
GOT IT Now
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
For this challenge, you'll need to play Got It! Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Spelling Circle
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Find the words hidden inside each of the circles by counting around a certain number of spaces to find each letter in turn.
Mystery Matrix
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.
Biscuit Decorations
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?
The Remainders Game
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
A game that tests your understanding of remainders.
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