Problem Solving

  • Catrina's Cards
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    Catrina's Cards

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?

  • Share Bears
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    Share Bears

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Yasmin and Zach have some bears to share. Which numbers of bears can they share so that there are none left over?

  • Lots of Biscuits!
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    Lots of Biscuits!

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Help share out the biscuits the children have made.

  • Our Numbers
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    Our Numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?

  • Two dice, each showing five.
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    Doubling Fives

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This activity focuses on doubling multiples of five.

  • Birthday Sharing
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    Birthday Sharing

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?

  • Are you well Balanced?
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    Are You Well Balanced?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.

  • Magic Plant
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    Magic Plant

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    On Friday the magic plant was only 2 centimetres tall. Every day it doubled its height. How tall was it on Monday?

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    Grouping Goodies

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

  • Lots of Lollies
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    Lots of Lollies

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?