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Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

Fair Exchange

In your bank, you have three types of coins. The number of spots shows how much they are worth. Can you choose coins to exchange with the groups given to make the same total?

Missing Middles

Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in each case to complete the pattern of these eight sets of three dominoes?

Number Balance

Age 5 to 7
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Try experimenting with the interactivity!

How can you tell from the pictures which side of the number balance is lighter?

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