The tasks below provide opportunities for learners to get better at generalising.

Largest even
How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?


Nim-7

Ring a ring of numbers
Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

How odd
This problem challenges you to find out how many odd numbers there are between pairs of numbers. Can you find a pair of numbers that has four odds between them?

Stop the clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

Lots of lollies
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?

Magic Vs
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

Three dice
Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?

Button-up some more
How many ways can you find to do up all four buttons on my coat? How about if I had five buttons? Six ...?


Got it
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.