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Measure Stage 5

Shaping It
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Shaping it

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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These pictures were made by starting with a square, finding the half-way point on each side and joining those points up. You could investigate your own starting shape.
Order, Order!
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Order, order!

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?

How Tall?
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How tall?

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

Tiles in the Garden
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Tiles in the garden

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many tiles do we need to tile these patios?
Watermelons
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Watermelons

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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These watermelons have been entered into a competition. Use the information to work out the number of points each one was awarded.
Shape Draw
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Shape draw

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

Cubes
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Cubes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many faces can you see when you arrange these three cubes in different ways?
Times
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Times

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Which times on a digital clock have a line of symmetry? Which look the same upside-down? You might like to try this investigation and find out!
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The big cheese

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Investigate the area of 'slices' cut off this cube of cheese. What would happen if you had different-sized block of cheese to start with?

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How many times?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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On a digital 24 hour clock, at certain times, all the digits are consecutive. How many times like this are there between midnight and 7 a.m.?

At the pumps
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At the pumps

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How will you find out how much a tank of petrol costs?
Weighing fruit
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Weighing fruit

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you use this information to estimate how much the different fruit selections weigh in kilos and pounds?
The time is ...
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The time is ...

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.

Through the Window
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Through the window

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?

Numerically Equal
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Numerically equal

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you draw a square in which the perimeter is numerically equal to the area?

Slow Coach
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Slow coach

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many of this company's coaches travelling in the opposite direction does the 10 am coach from Alphaton pass before reaching Betaville?
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Oh! Harry!

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?