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There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?

The Deca Tree

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A Mixed-up Clock

There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?

Representing Numbers

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level

Find as many ways of representing the number of dots shown above.
Try to find at least five ways.

Now find ways of representing ten times as many dots. Can you still find at least five different ways?

 
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