Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
A set of shapes has five pieces.
First, make a square using four pieces.
Then, make a square using all five pieces.
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Then add another set of five pieces (so now there are ten) and
make a square with all of them.
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You could download this sheet with two sets of pieces for printing and cutting - Word document or pdf version .
Practical Activity. Addition & subtraction. Interactivities. Compound transformations. Generalising. Working systematically. Tangram. Investigations. Games. Visualising.
Published January 2007.
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