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. You need nothing more than pencil and paper to work on them so dive straight in! (The stars give an indication of challenge level, from one star to three stars.)
How many?
Dotty six for two
Dotty Six game for an adult and child. Will you be the first to have three sixes in a straight line?
Four go for two
Zios and Zepts
On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
Nice or nasty for two
Dicey operations in line for two
Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
Reach 100
Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.