
Number lines
Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?

Tug of war
Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?


Strike it out
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

Sort them out (1)
Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

Pairs of numbers
If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?

The add and take-away path
Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?

What was in the box?
This box does something to the numbers that go into it. If you know the numbers that come out, what might be going on inside the box?

Two numbers under the microscope
This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.

Doing and undoing
An investigation looking at doing and undoing mathematical operations focusing on doubling, halving, adding and subtracting.

How do you see it?
Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

Shut the box for two

Five steps to 50
Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?

Strike it out for two
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?

How many?
This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?




One big triangle
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

Butterfly flowers
Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?


Cuisenaire counting
Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?

Number balance
Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?

Domino sorting
Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

Secret number
Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?

Find the difference
Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.


Heads and feet
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?

Ladybirds in the garden
In Sam and Jill's garden there are two sorts of ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots. What numbers of total spots can you make?

Eggs in baskets
There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?


4 dom
Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.

Number round up
Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 in each set of circles below. The sum of each side of the triangle should equal the number in its centre.

The tall tower
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?