Being collaborative - Primary measures

Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?

Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?

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.

A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?

There were cola bottles for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, marshmallow twists for 5p and lollipops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?

These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?

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.

Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?

Can you draw a square in which the perimeter is numerically equal to the area?

These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?

Use your logical thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice cream cost altogether.

The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.

My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?

During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?

Nine squares with side lengths 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 18 cm can be fitted together to form a rectangle. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

On a digital clock showing 24 hour time, over a whole day, how many times does a 5 appear? Is it the same number for a 12 hour clock over a whole day?

What is the largest 'ribbon square' you can make? And the smallest? How many different squares can you make altogether?