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Domino Sorting

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Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

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4 Dom

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Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.

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Amy's Dominoes

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Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. She has 24 dominoes in her box and there are 125 spots on them altogether. Which of her domino pieces are missing?

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Domino Join Up

Stage: 1 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you arrange fifteen dominoes so that all the touching domino pieces add to 6 and the ends join up? Can you make all the joins add to 7?

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Domino Square

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Use the 'double-3 down' dominoes to make a square so that each side has eight dots.

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Domino Pick

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Are these domino games fair? Can you explain why or why not?

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Domino Number Patterns

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Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in each case to complete the pattern of these eight sets of 3 dominoes?

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Next Domino

Stage: 1 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Which comes next in each pattern of dominoes?

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Domino Sequences

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Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.

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Dominoes

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Everthing you have always wanted to do with dominoes! Some of these games are good for practising your mental calculation skills, and some are good for your reasoning skills.

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Rectangles with Dominoes

Stage: 1 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you make a rectangle with just 2 dominoes? What about 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...?

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Domino Magic Rectangle

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

An ordinary set of dominoes can be laid out as a 7 by 4 magic rectangle in which all the spots in all the columns add to 24, while those in the rows add to 42. Try it! Now try the magic square...

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Guess the Dominoes for Two

Stage: Early years, 1 and 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Guess the Dominoes for child and adult.

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Dominoes Environment

Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

These interactive dominoes can be dragged around the screen.

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Guess the Dominoes

Stage: 1, 2 and 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.

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Path of Discovery Series: 2. First Steps

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This article takes a closer look at some of the toys and games that can enhance a child's mathematical learning.


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