Year 5 Being collaborative

  • Making Rectangles
    problem

    Making rectangles

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

  • Dicey Array
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    Dicey array

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Watch the video of this game being played. Can you work out the rules? Which dice totals are good to get, and why?

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    Sweets in a box

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?

  • Highest and Lowest
    problem

    Highest and lowest

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Put operations signs between the numbers 3 4 5 6 to make the highest possible number and lowest possible number.

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    Multiplication squares

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used once and once only.

  • problem

    Which is quicker?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?

  • Trebling
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    Trebling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

  • An Easy Way to Multiply by 10?
    problem

    An easy way to multiply by 10?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Do you agree with Badger's statements? Is Badger's reasoning 'watertight'? Why or why not?

  • Brush Loads
    problem

    Brush loads

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

  • Tug Harder!
    problem

    More Tug of war

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?

  • Roman Numerals
    problem

    Roman numerals

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find some examples when the number of Roman numerals is fewer than the number of Arabic numerals for the same number?

  • Tumbling Down
    problem

    Tumbling down

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Watch this animation. What do you see? Can you explain why this happens?

  • Less is More
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    Less is more

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

  • Picture Your Method
    problem

    Picture your method

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you match these calculation methods to their visual representations?

  • Compare the Calculations
    problem

    Compare the calculations

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you put these four calculations into order of difficulty? How did you decide?

  • Guess What?
    problem

    Guess what?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find out which 3D shape your partner has chosen before they work out your shape?

  • Making Boxes
    problem

    Making boxes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?

  • problem

    Maze 100

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you go through this maze so that the numbers you pass add to exactly 100?

  • Egyptian Rope
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    Egyptian rope

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

  • Forgot the Numbers
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    Forgot the numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?

  • 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?

  • Twenty Divided into Six
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    Twenty divided into six

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?

  • All the Digits
    problem

    All the digits

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This multiplication uses each of the digits 0 - 9 once and once only. Using the information given, can you replace the stars in the calculation with figures?

  • problem

    Reach 100

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.

  • problem

    Two primes make one square

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?

  • Through the Window
    problem

    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?

  • Six Numbered Cubes
    problem

    Six numbered cubes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This task combines spatial awareness with addition and multiplication.

  • Pouring Problem
    problem

    Pouring problem

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What do you think is going to happen in this video clip? Are you surprised?

  • Fitted
    problem

    Fitted

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Nine squares with side lengths 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 18 cm can be fitted together to form a rectangle. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

  • Curious number
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    Curious number

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you order the digits from 1-3 to make a number which is divisible by 3 so when the last digit is removed it becomes a 2-figure number divisible by 2, and so on?

  • Ribbon Squares
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    Ribbon squares

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What is the largest 'ribbon square' you can make? And the smallest? How many different squares can you make altogether?

  • Factors and Multiples Game
    game
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    Factors and multiples game

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?