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Being Resilient - Lower Primary Students

Being Resilient - Lower Primary is part of our Being a Good Thinker - Lower Primary collection.

Good thinkers are resilient. They don't give up easily, and are motivated to work hard and keep going when faced with challenges. They recognise that we all fail sometimes, and when this happens, they bounce back and try alternative approaches.

How can you become a resilient mathematician?

Here are some problems that may require some determination. The solutions may not be immediately obvious, so you will need to persevere. Success can be sweeter after a struggle!

You can browse through the Number, Measures, Geometry or Statistics collections, or scroll down to see the full set of problems below.

Inside Triangles
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Inside triangles

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?
Shut the box
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Shut the box

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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An old game with lots of arithmetic!

Button-Up
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Button-up

Age
5 to 7
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My coat has three buttons. How many ways can you find to do up all the buttons?
Poly Plug Rectangles
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Poly plug rectangles

Age
5 to 11
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The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?

Plants
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Plants

Age
5 to 14
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Three children are going to buy some plants for their birthdays. They will plant them within circular paths. How could they do this?
Find the Difference
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Find the difference

Age
5 to 7
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Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.