These activities make use of things you probably already know and help you to understand them even better for solving problems!
problem
Favourite
I'm eight
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.
problem
Favourite
Totality
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
This is an adding game for two players. Can you be the first to reach the target?
problem
Mobile numbers
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
In this investigation, you are challenged to make mobile phone
numbers which are easy to remember. What happens if you make a
sequence adding 2 each time?
problem
Favourite
Strike it out
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
problem
Favourite
Sorting logic blocks
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.
game
Dicey operations in line for two
Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
problem
Favourite
Brush loads
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.
problem
Favourite
Nice or nasty
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
problem
28 - upward and onward
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you find ways of joining cubes together so that 28 faces are visible?
problem
Favourite
Times tables shifts
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. Can you work out the table and the shift each time?
problem
Tiles in the garden
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
How many tiles do we need to tile these patios?
problem
Sending and receiving cards
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
This challenge asks you to investigate the total number of cards that would be sent if four children send one to all three others. How many would be sent if there were five children? Six?
problem
Alien counting
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Investigate the different ways these aliens count in this
challenge. You could start by thinking about how each of them would
write our number 7.