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Puzzling with Paper
These tasks offer opportunities for deepening learners' mathematical understanding and their positive learning dispositions.
problem
Counters
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remove them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?
game
Endless noughts and crosses
An extension of noughts and crosses in which the grid is enlarged and the length of the winning line can to altered to 3, 4 or 5.
game
Low go
A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The first player to complete a line of 4 wins.
problem
Slippery snail
Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
A game for two people, who take turns to move the counters. The player to remove the last counter from the board wins.
game
Pentanim
A game for 2 players with similarities to NIM. Place one counter on each spot on the games board. Players take it is turns to remove 1 or 2 adjacent counters. The winner picks up the last counter.
problem
Favourite
Magic Vs
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
problem
Favourite
Got it
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.