Year 2 Being curious

  • Placeholder: several colourful numbers
    project

    How many?

    This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?

  • Let's Investigate Triangles
    problem

    Let's investigate triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

  • problem

    Buzzy bee

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

  • Sort the Street
    problem

    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?

  • Triangle or No Triangle?
    problem

    Triangle or no triangle?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Here is a selection of different shapes. Can you work out which ones are triangles, and why?

  • Subtraction Slip
    problem

    Subtraction slip

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?

  • Colouring Triangles
    problem

    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
    problem

    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?

  • Ring a Ring of Numbers
    problem

    Ring a ring of numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

  • Little Man
    problem

    Little man

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?