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Are you ready for a challenge? The tasks in this feature are designed to challenge your mathematical thinking!

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Caterpillars

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?

Find the Difference
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Find the difference

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
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 which each have one dot in the middle?

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Ladybird box

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Place six toy ladybirds into the box so that there are two ladybirds in every column and every row.