Drawing and Constructing

  • Overlaps
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    Overlaps

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What does the overlap of these two shapes look like? Try picturing it in your head and then use some cut-out shapes to test your prediction.

  • Overlapping Again
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    Overlapping Again

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What shape is the overlap when you slide one of these shapes half way across another? Can you picture it in your head? Use the interactivity to check your visualisation.

  • Symmetry Challenge
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    Symmetry Challenge

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How many symmetric designs can you make on this grid? Can you find them all?

  • Board Block Challenge
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    Board Block Challenge

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

  • Olympic Turns
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    Olympic Turns

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.

  • ReflectoR ! RotcelfeR
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    ReflectoR ! RotcelfeR

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you place the blocks so that you see the reflection in the picture?

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    Inky Cube

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?

  • Baravelle
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    Baravelle

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?