Once you've taken a look at the activities in the Counters Feature, why not have a go at these problems, which also all use counters?
game
Favourite
Snail one hundred
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
In this game, you throw a dice and move counters along the snail's body and in a spiral around the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and ones.
problem
En-counters
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
problem
6 beads
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?
problem
Three by three
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Arrange 3 red, 3 blue and 3 yellow counters into a three-by-three square grid, so that there is only one of each colour in every row and every column
problem
Three way mix up
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Jack has nine tiles. He put them together to make a square so that two tiles of the same colour were not beside each other. Can you find another way to do it?
problem
Teddy bear line-up
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
What is the least number of moves you can take to rearrange the
bears so that no bear is next to a bear of the same colour?