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Interactive Games and Puzzles (7-11)

These tasks for 7 to 11 year olds are part of our Maths at Home feature and you can see all the tasks for this age group here. The activities below all include an online interactivity where you can test your ideas and make discoveries. (The stars give an indication of challenge level, from one star to three stars.)

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Seeing squares for two

Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?

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Which scripts?

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

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

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Rod fractions

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Pick two rods of different colours. Given an unlimited supply of rods of each of the two colours, how can we work out what fraction the shorter rod is of the longer one?

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Favourite

Treasure hunt

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

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Favourite

Coded hundred square

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?

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Favourite

Missing multipliers

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?

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Calendar sorting

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

The pages of my calendar have got mixed up. Can you sort them out?

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Favourite

The Number Jumbler

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

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Favourite

Countdown

Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.

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Factors and multiples game for two

Factors and Multiples game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you win this game?

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Train tactics for two

Train game for an adult and child. Who will be the first to make the train?

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Ducking and dividing

Your vessel, the Starship Diophantus, has become damaged in deep space. Can you use your knowledge of times tables and some lightning reflexes to survive?

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Favourite

Factor lines

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.

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Favourite

Number lines in disguise

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?

$Got \It for Two$

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Got it for two

Got It game for an adult and child. How can you play so that you know you will always win?