Four Triangles Puzzle
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?
These hands-on maths resources are ideal for students aged 7-11 to explore in maths clubs and whole-school maths events.
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?
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.
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?
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.
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?
Place six toy ladybirds into the box so that there are two ladybirds in every column and every row.
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?
Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Can you pick ten numbers from the bags so that their total is 37?
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?
Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.
Here are four cubes joined together. How many other arrangements of four cubes can you find? Can you draw them on dotty paper?
This game is known as Pong hau k'i in China and Ou-moul-ko-no in Korea. Why not challenge a friend to play it with you?
A game for 2 people using a pack of cards Turn over 2 cards and try to make an odd number or a multiple of 3.