In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?

We can arrange dots in a similar way to the 5 on a dice. What do you notice?

Amy's mum gave her £2.50 to spend. She bought four times as many pens as pencils and was given 40p change. How many of each did she buy?

Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

One block is needed to make an up-and-down staircase, with one step up and one step down. How many blocks would be needed to build an up-and-down staircase with 5 steps up and 5 steps down?

These rows of children are holding cards with numbers on them. Can you work out the missing numbers?

These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?

Can you discover the value of the circle in each problem?

Can you find pairs of differently sized windows that cost the same?

There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.

Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?

In this 100 square, what is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other?

How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.