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Interactives - Lower Primary

These lower primary activities and games have interactive content.  Have a play on a laptop, tablet or computer!
Stop the Clock for Two
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Stop the clock for two

Stop the Clock game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you always win this game?
Seeing Squares for Two
game

Seeing squares for two

Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?
Board Block for Two
game

Board block for two

Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?
Interactive Balance
interactivity

Interactive balance

In this simulation of a balance, you can drag numbers and parts of number sentences on to the trays. Have a play!
Tangrams
problem

Tangrams

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?

Equivalent Pairs
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Equivalent pairs

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you match pairs of cards which show the same amount?
Matching Numbers for Two
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Matching numbers for two

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Matching Numbers game for an adult and child. Can you remember where the cards are so you can choose two which match?
Matching numbers
problem

Matching numbers

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you find different ways of showing the same number? Try this matching game and see!
Find the Difference
problem
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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.
Repeating Patterns
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Repeating patterns

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?
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?
100 Square Jigsaw
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100 square jigsaw

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?
Turning Man
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Turning man

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.
Cover the Camel
problem
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Cover the camel

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you cover the camel with these pieces?
Same Length Trains
problem
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Same length trains

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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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?
Board Block
problem

Board block

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?
Fraction Card Game
problem

Fraction card game

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you match the halves in this interactive game?
Cuisenaire Counting
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Cuisenaire counting

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?
Robot Monsters
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Robot monsters

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
Flip Flop - matching cards
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Flip flop - matching cards

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Practise your number bonds whilst improving your memory in this matching pairs game.
4 Dom
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4 dom

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.
Three Way Mix Up
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Three way mix up

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Jack has nine tiles. He put them together to make a square so that two tiles of the same colour were not beside each other. Can you find another way to do it?
Ladybird Box
problem

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.
Largest Even
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Largest even

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?
Tables Teaser
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Tables teaser

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?
Triangle Edges
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Triangle edges

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many triangles can you make using sticks that are 3cm, 4cm and 5cm long?
Junior Frogs
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Junior frogs

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Have a go at this well-known challenge. Can you swap the frogs and toads in as few slides and jumps as possible?
Gathering Gems
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Gathering gems

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Using compass points, can you describe up to ten paths on this map so that you bring as many gems back home as possible?
Change Around
problem

Change around

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Move just three of the circles so that the triangle faces in the opposite direction.
Two and One
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Two and one

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Terry and Ali are playing a game with three balls. Is it fair that Terry wins when the middle ball is red?
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.
Red or Black Spinner
interactivity

Red or black spinner

A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at least version 9.
Light the Lights
problem
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Light the lights

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?

Sizing them Up
problem
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Sizing them up

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.

Carroll Diagrams
problem
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Carroll diagrams

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

Growing Garlic
problem
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Growing garlic

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Venn diagrams
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Venn diagrams

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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How will you complete these interactive Venn diagrams?

Sort the Street
problem
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Sort the street

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

Matching Time
problem
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Matching time

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

Three Squares
problem
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Three squares

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?

Seesaw Shenanigans
problem
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Seesaw shenanigans

Age
3 to 7
Challenge level
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A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?

One Big Triangle
problem
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One big triangle

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

Colouring Triangles
problem
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Colouring triangles

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

Chain of Changes
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Chain of changes

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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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?

Matching Triangles
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Matching triangles

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Teddy Town
problem

Teddy town - part four

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Teddy Town
problem

Teddy town - part five

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Teddy Town
problem

Teddy town - part three

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Teddy Town
problem

Teddy town - part two

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Teddy Town
problem

Teddy town

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Four Triangles Puzzle
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Four triangles puzzle

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Square split into a triangle and trapezium
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Tangram tangle

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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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?

Seeing Squares
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Seeing squares

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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.

Poly Plug Rectangles
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Poly plug rectangles

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

Two-digit targets
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Two-digit targets

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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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?

Always, Sometimes or Never? KS1
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Always, sometimes or never? KS1

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

Celebrate 25 Years of NRICH
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Celebrate 25 years of NRICH

To celebrate NRICH's 25th birthday, why not play this special version of our classic game, Got It? Can you devise a strategy so that you will always win?



Older lower primary Flash-based interactives

The activities below are older resources which require Flash in order to run.

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