

Double or halve?

Sort them out (1)

Jig shapes
Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

The add and take-away path

Dicey addition
In these addition games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

Even and odd

Paper partners
Can you describe a piece of paper clearly enough for your partner to know which piece it is?


Always, sometimes or never?
Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

Same length trains

Let's investigate triangles
Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

What is the time?

Always, sometimes or never? KS1
Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

Are you well balanced?

Four triangles puzzle
Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?


Number match
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Fraction match
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.


Seeing squares
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Discuss and choose
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.

Carroll diagrams
Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

Domino sorting

I like ...

Biscuit decorations


All change
There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?


Poly plug pattern
Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?

One big triangle
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

Data shapes
Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

Eightness of eight

Growing garlic
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

How tall?
A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

Birthday sharing

Matching triangles
Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Sticky data

Tables teaser

En-counters
This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

Butterfly flowers
Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

If the world were a village
This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

Digit addition
Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?

Ordering cards

How many?

Shapely lines
This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?

Arranging additions and sorting subtractions

Ip dip
"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?


That number square

Fruity pairs
Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?

Break it up!
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?

Snap

How do you see it?
Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

Subtraction slip

Can you do it too?
Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.


What's in a name?


Robot monsters
Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.

Strike it out
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

Dicey array
Watch the video of this game being played. Can you work out the rules? Which dice totals are good to get, and why?

Matching time
Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

Cuisenaire counting

How many?
This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?

Ring a ring of numbers


6 beads
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?

Jumping squares

Wallpaper
These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

Colouring triangles
Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

Skeleton shapes
How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

Chain of changes
Arrange the shapes in a line so that you change either colour or shape in the next piece along. Can you find several ways to start with a blue triangle and end with a red circle?

The puzzling sweet shop

Secret number
Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?

Making sticks

Overlaps
What does the overlap of these two shapes look like? Try picturing it in your head and then use some cut-out shapes to test your prediction.

Birthday cakes

Hundred square
A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?

4 dom

Grouping goodies
Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

Cubes cut into four pieces
Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

Stop the clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

The tall tower

Carrying cards


An easy way to multiply by 10?

Times tables shifts
In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. Can you work out the table and the shift each time?

Sweets in a box
How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?

The moons of Vuvv
The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?

Number differences

Journeys in Numberland
Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number of points each of their routes scores.

How do you do it?
This group activity will encourage you to share calculation strategies and to think about which strategy might be the most efficient.

A Cartesian puzzle
Find the missing coordinates which will form these eight quadrilaterals. These coordinates themselves will then form a shape with rotational and line symmetry.

Always, sometimes or never? Number
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

Multiplication squares
Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used once and once only.

Bryony's triangle
Watch the video to see how to fold a square of paper to create a flower. What fraction of the piece of paper is the small triangle?

Always, sometimes or never? Shape
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

Brush loads
How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

Real statistics
Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?