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Cubes

How many faces can you see when you arrange these three cubes in different ways?

I'm Eight

Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.

Let's Investigate Triangles

Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

Break it Up!

Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:

How are you going to record what you have done?
How do you know you have found all the ways of breaking it into two pieces?
Can you see a connection between the total number of cubes and the number of ways you can break the stick into two pieces?

Introducing algebra. Wooden/plastic cubes. Odd and even numbers. Generalising. Combinations. Visualising. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Working systematically. Addition & subtraction. Investigations.