Interactive tasks and games

A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?

Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.

Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

How will you complete these interactive Venn diagrams?

You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?

Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?

The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?

Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?

There are nine teddies in Teddy Town - three red, three blue and three yellow. There are also nine houses, three of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.

Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?

Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

There are nine teddies in Teddy Town - three red, three blue and three yellow. There are also nine houses, three of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

There are sixteen teddies in Teddy Town - four red, four blue, four yellow and four green. There are also sixteen houses, four of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

There are twenty five teddies in Teddy Town - five red, five blue, five yellow, five green and five purple. There are also twenty five houses, five of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

There are thirty six teddies in Teddy Town - six red, six blue, six yellow, six green, six purple and six turquoise. There are also thirty six houses, six of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

Arrange the shapes in a line so that you change either colour or shape in the next piece along. Can you find several ways to start with a blue triangle and end with a red circle?

If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?

What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?

Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?

Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?

Can you find examples of magic crosses? Can you find all the possibilities?

In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?

The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

Can you use the clues to complete these 3 by 3 Mathematical Sudokus?

Can you use the clues to complete these 4 by 4 Mathematical Sudokus?

Can you use the clues to complete these 5 by 5 Mathematical Sudokus?

In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. Can you work out the table and the shift each time?

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.