Are you ready for a challenge? The tasks in this feature are designed to challenge your mathematical thinking!
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Caterpillars
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?
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Find the difference
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
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Inside triangles
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
How many different triangles can you draw which each have one dot in the middle?
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Ladybird box
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Place six toy ladybirds into the box so that there are two ladybirds in every column and every row.
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I'm stuck!
Being stuck is usually thought of as being a negative state of
affairs. We want our pupils to succeed, not to struggle. Or do we?
This article discusses why being stuck can be fruitful.
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Learning from other people's starting points
In this feature, you can see how some children started each task, but this isn't because we want to give away the solutions!
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Maths explorers
Are you a maths detective? Choose a task and use your mathematical skills to solve the problem.