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Convince me! - Upper Primary Students

Here are some challenges that you can work on and then see if you can convince someone that your solutions are right! Have a go!

Beads and bags
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Beads and bags

Age
5 to 11
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How could you put these three beads into bags? How many different ways can you do it? How could you record what you've done?
Money Bags
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Money bags

Age
5 to 11
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Ram divided 15 pennies among four small bags. He could then pay any sum of money from 1p to 15p without opening any bag. How many pennies did Ram put in each bag?
Magic Vs
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Magic Vs

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

Four-digit targets
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Four-digit targets

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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You have two sets of the digits 0-9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?
Fifteen cards
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Fifteen cards

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you use the information to find out which cards I have used?
Cuisenaire Spirals
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Cuisenaire spirals

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you make arrange Cuisenaire rods so that they make a 'spiral' with right angles at the corners?
Chocolate
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Chocolate

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

Sealed Solution
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Sealed solution

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?
Stringy Quads
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Stringy quads

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!

Factor-Multiple Chains
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Factor-multiple chains

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?
A Bit of a Dicey problem
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A bit of a dicey problem

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?