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Finding All Possibilities Lower Primary

These activities focus on finding all solutions.  Working in a systematic way will ensure no possibilities are left out.
Robot Monsters
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Robot Monsters

Age
5 to 7
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Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
Two Dice
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Two Dice

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Find all the numbers that can be made by adding the dots on two dice.
Same Length Trains
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Same Length Trains

Age
5 to 7
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How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?
Button-Up
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Button-Up

Age
5 to 7
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My coat has three buttons. How many ways can you find to do up all the buttons?
Three Ball Line Up
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Three Ball Line Up

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
6 Beads
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6 Beads

Age
5 to 7
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If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?

A City of Towers
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A City of Towers

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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In this town, houses are built with one room for each person. There are some families of seven people living in the town. In how many different ways can they build their houses?
Ladybirds in the Garden
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Ladybirds in the Garden

Age
5 to 7
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In Sam and Jill's garden there are two sorts of ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots. What numbers of total spots can you make?
Triangle Animals
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Triangle Animals

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many different ways can you find to join three equilateral triangles together? Can you convince us that you have found them all?
Inside Triangles
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Inside Triangles

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?
Beads and bags
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Beads and bags

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?