Being Resilient - Lower Primary Students

Being Resilient - Lower Primary is part of our Being a Good Thinker - Lower Primary collection.

Good thinkers are resilient. They don't give up easily, and are motivated to work hard and keep going when faced with challenges. They recognise that we all fail sometimes, and when this happens, they bounce back and try alternative approaches.

How can you become a resilient mathematician?

Here are some problems that may require some determination. The solutions may not be immediately obvious, so you will need to persevere. Success can be sweeter after a struggle!

You can browse through the Number, Measures, Geometry or Statistics collections, or scroll down to see the full set of problems below.

Age 5 to 7

Being Resilient - Lower Primary Number

Are you resilient enough to solve these number problems?

Age 5 to 7

Being Resilient - Lower Primary Measures

Are you resilient enough to solve these measure problems?

Age 5 to 7

Being Resilient - Lower Primary Geometry

Are you resilient enough to solve these geometry problems?

Age 5 to 7

Being Resilient - Lower Primary Statistics

Are you resilient enough to solve these statistics problems?

Inside Triangles

Age 5 to 7

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How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?

Shut the Box

Age 5 to 7

Challenge Level Yellow star

An old game but lots of arithmetic!

Button-up

Age 5 to 7

Challenge Level Yellow star

My coat has three buttons. How many ways can you find to do up all the buttons?

Find the Difference

Age 5 to 7

Challenge Level Yellow star

Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.

Poly Plug Rectangles

Age 5 to 11

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The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?

Plants

Age 5 to 14

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Three children are going to buy some plants for their birthdays. They will plant them within circular paths. How could they do this?

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