
A shape and space game for 2,3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board. Play with card, or on the computer.

If you can post the triangle with either the blue or yellow colour face up, how many ways can it be posted altogether?

Find out how we can describe the "symmetries" of this triangle and investigate some combinations of rotating and flipping it.

Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.

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?

Oware is a Mankala-like game of strategy. Simple rules, but not so simple to win - and you'd better be good at counting! Play the computer or play a friend.

Work out the fractions to match the cards with the same amount of money.

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

An interactive activity for one to experiment with a tricky tessellation

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!

Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?

If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

Ahmed has some wooden planks to use for three sides of a rabbit run against the shed. What quadrilaterals would he be able to make with the planks of different lengths?

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the lobster, yacht and cyclist?

A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.

Complete the squares - but be warned some are trickier than they look!

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

A game for 1 person. Can you work out how the dice must be rolled from the start position to the finish? Play on line.

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these people?

How many times in twelve hours do the hands of a clock form a right angle? Use the interactivity to check your answers.

Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.

What are the coordinates of the coloured dots that mark out the tangram? Try changing the position of the origin. What happens to the coordinates now?

Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

Use the Cuisenaire rods environment to investigate ratio. Can you find pairs of rods in the ratio 3:2? How about 9:6?

What shaped overlaps can you make with two circles which are the same size? What shapes are 'left over'? What shapes can you make when the circles are different sizes?

Imagine a wheel with different markings painted on it at regular intervals. Can you predict the colour of the 18th mark? The 100th mark?

Move just three of the circles so that the triangle faces in the opposite direction.

An interactive game to be played on your own or with friends. Imagine you are having a party. Each person takes it in turns to stand behind the chair where they will get the most chocolate.

A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a friend or online. If you play correctly you never lose!

Three beads are threaded on a circular wire and are coloured either red or blue. Can you find all four different combinations?

Try to stop your opponent from being able to split the piles of counters into unequal numbers. Can you find a strategy?

What are the areas of these triangles? What do you notice? Can you generalise to other "families" of triangles?

Play this well-known game against the computer where each player is equally likely to choose scissors, paper or rock. Why not try the variations too?

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?

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

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the child walking home from school?

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Fung at the table?

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

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

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

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