Visualising and representing
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problemHave you ever tried tessellating capital letters? Have a look at these examples and then try some for yourself. -
problemBuilding With Cubes
Try to picture these buildings of cubes in your head. Can you make them to check whether you had imagined them correctly?
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problemHow Many Pieces This Time?
How many pieces of string have been used in these patterns? Can you describe how you know? -
problemStart Cube Drilling
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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problemSquare Surprise
Why do you think that the red player chose that particular dot in this game of Seeing Squares? -
problemHexPentas
How many different ways can you find of fitting five hexagons together? How will you know you have found all the ways?
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gameSeeing Squares for Two
Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?
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problemSweetie Box
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
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gamePumpkin Patch
A game for two players based on a game from the Somali people of Africa. The first player to pick all the other's 'pumpkins' is the winner.
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gameSeega
An ancient game for two from Egypt. You'll need twelve distinctive 'stones' each to play. You could chalk out the board on the ground - do ask permission first.