Year 4 Being curious

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    Venn Diagrams

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

  • Sorting Logic Blocks
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    Sorting Logic Blocks

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    5 to 11
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    This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.

  • Nine-Pin Triangles
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    Nine-Pin Triangles

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    7 to 11
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    How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?

  • Nice or Nasty
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    Nice or Nasty

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    7 to 11
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    There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

  • Digit Discovery
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    Digit Discovery

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    7 to 11
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    Here is an interesting property about two sets of digits. Can you work out what the digits might be?

  • Amy's Dominoes
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    Amy's Dominoes

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    7 to 11
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    Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?

  • Shapes on the Playground
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    Shapes on the Playground

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    7 to 11
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    Sally and Ben were drawing shapes in chalk on the school playground. Can you work out what shapes each of them drew using the clues?

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    Take Your Dog for a Walk

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    7 to 11
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    Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?

  • Multiples Grid
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    Multiples Grid

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    7 to 11
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    What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?

  • Table patterns go wild!
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    Table Patterns Go Wild!

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    7 to 11
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    Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.

  • Light the Lights Again
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    Light the Lights Again

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    7 to 11
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    Each light in this interactivity turns on according to a rule. What happens when you enter different numbers? Can you work out the rule for each light?

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    Cut It Out

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    7 to 11
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    Can you dissect an equilateral triangle into 6 smaller ones? What number of smaller equilateral triangles is it NOT possible to dissect a larger equilateral triangle into?

  • Climbing Conundrum
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    Climbing Conundrum

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    7 to 14
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    Five children are taking part in a climbing competition with three parts, where their score for each part will be multiplied together. Can you see how the leaderboard will change depending on what happens in the final climb of the competition?

  • Eight hidden squares
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    Eight Hidden Squares

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    7 to 14
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    On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight hidden squares?