Little Man
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?
Sizing Them Up
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.
Can You Do it Too?
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.
Wallpaper
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?
Order, Order!
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?
Discuss and Choose
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
Five Coins
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Ben has five coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?
The Puzzling Sweet Shop
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?
Money Bags
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Ram divided 15 pennies among four small bags. He could then pay any sum of money from 1p to 15p without opening any bag. How many pennies did Ram put in each bag?
How Tall?
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?
Making Longer, Making Shorter
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?
Making Caterpillars
Age 3 to 5
By making 'caterpillars' in this activity, children will have an opportunity to practise using language of length and width, as well as using non-standard measures to compare lengths.
Sock Washing Line
Age 3 to 5
In this task, children are encouraged to spot pairs of socks and to order the socks by size and length on the washing line.
Timing
Age 3 to 5
In this task, children will practise using a variety of timers to work out how many items they can put into a jar before the time finishes.
Times of Day
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
These pictures show some different activities that you may get up to during a day. What order would you do them in?
Thirsty?
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?
The Games' Medals
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you see who the gold medal winner is? What about the silver medal winner and the bronze medal winner?
The Animals' Sports Day
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
One day five small animals in my garden were going to have a sports day. They decided to have a swimming race, a running race, a high jump and a long jump.
Different Sizes
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
A investigation based on similar rectangles of different sixes.
Bottles (1)
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
For this activity which explores capacity, you will need to collect some bottles and jars.
Bottles (2)
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
In this activity focusing on capacity, you will need a collection of different jars and bottles.
Compare the Cupslive
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
You'll need a collection of cups for this activity.
Long Creatures
Age 3 to 5
In this task, making a variety of long creatures out of card will provide an opportunity for children to discuss and compare lengths.
Wrapping Parcels
Age 3 to 5
In this activity, children have the opportunity to wrap some toys and to measure and discuss the size of the box or wrapping paper that they will need.
You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.