Year 1 Being resourceful

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

Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?

Lee wrote some numbers. What do you think she wrote next? How many digits did she write altogether?

Yasmin and Zach have some bears to share. Which numbers of bears can they share so that there are none left over?

How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?

Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?

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

One day, five small animals in my garden had a sports day. Who do you think won each race?

Can you estimate how far you can throw something?

For this activity which explores capacity, you will need to collect some bottles and jars.

In this calculation, the box represents a missing digit. What could the digit be?

Are these statements about number and shape always, sometimes or never true?

Can you match pairs of cards which show the same amount?

These pictures show squares split into halves. Can you find other ways?

These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

Place numbers in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers below it.

Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

Using the cards 2, 4, 6, 8, +, - and =, what number statements can you make?

Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.