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  • Roll these Dice
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    Roll These Dice

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?

  • Dice and Spinner Numbers
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    Dice and Spinner Numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
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    If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be each time?

  • Room Doubling
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    Room Doubling

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Investigate the different ways you could split up these rooms so that you have double the number.
  • It Figures
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    It Figures

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Suppose we allow ourselves to use three numbers less than 10 and multiply them together. How many different products can you find? How do you know you've got them all?
  • Different coloured hula hoops.
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    Bean Bags for Bernard's Bag

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How could you put eight bean bags in the hoops so that there are four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can you find all the ways of doing this?

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    Round and Round the Circle

    Age
    7 to 11
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    What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.

  • Making Cuboids
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    Making Cuboids

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

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    Maze 100

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you go through this maze so that the numbers you pass add to exactly 100?

  • Watch your Feet
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    Watch Your Feet

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    I like to walk along the cracks of the paving stones, but not the outside edge of the path itself. How many different routes can you find for me to take?
  • X is 5 squares
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    X Is 5 Squares

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you arrange 5 different digits (from 0 - 9) in the cross in the way described?