These tasks give you the chance to dig deeply into maths, particularly number and calculation. The way to a solution is not obvious, so you will need to be prepared to explore, to make use of your creativity, and to explain your ideas. The deeper understanding you gain will make it all worthwhile!
Robot monsters
Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
100 square jigsaw
Growing garlic
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
Number round up
The Deca Tree
Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
Unravelling sequences
Coded hundred square
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Domino sets
How do you know if your set of dominoes is complete?
Always, sometimes or never? Number
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
Amy's dominoes
Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?
Sealed solution