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Planning Strategically

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This feature for Secondary teachers offers a collection of activities intended to encourage students to think and plan strategically. Students are required to think ahead and analyse the outcomes, in a variety of playful contexts.

You can watch a recording of the webinar in which we discussed the mathematical thinking which may be prompted by these games.

 

Last Biscuit
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Last Biscuit

Can you find a strategy that ensures you get to take the last biscuit in this game?
Phiddlywinks
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Phiddlywinks

Have a go at this version of John Conway's game. Do you have any good strategies for winning?
crossing the bridge
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crossing the bridge

Age
11 to 18
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Four friends must cross a bridge. How can they all cross it in just 17 minutes?
Olympic Records
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Olympic Records

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Olympic Measures
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Favourite

Olympic Measures

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
Latin Lilies
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Latin Lilies

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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In this game you are challenged to gain more columns of lily pads than your opponent.