Year 4 Being curious

  • problem

    Venn diagrams

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

  • Sorting Logic Blocks
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    Sorting logic blocks

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

  • Nine-Pin Triangles
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    Nine-pin triangles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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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

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

  • Bryony's Triangle
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    Bryony's triangle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Watch the video to see how to fold a square of paper to create a flower. What fraction of the piece of paper is the small triangle?

  • Digit Discovery
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    Digit discovery

    Age
    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?

  • Shapes on the Playground
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    Shapes on the playground

    Age
    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?

  • problem

    Take your dog for a walk

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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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

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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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!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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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.