These activities make use of things you probably already know and help you to understand them even better for solving problems!
![Shut the Box for Two](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-10090-icon.png?itok=bK_7FHch)
game
Shut the Box for Two
Shut the Box game for an adult and child. Can you turn over the cards which match the numbers on the dice?
![Strike it Out for Two](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-10091-icon.png?itok=Wr2CfeUz)
game
Strike it Out for Two
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?
![Number Squares](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-98-05-bbprob2-icon.jpg?itok=eQoKTkZS)
problem
Number Squares
Start with four numbers at the corners of a square and put the
total of two corners in the middle of that side. Keep going... Can
you estimate what the size of the last four numbers will be?
![Totality](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-00-01-game1-icon.jpg?itok=bzi0kQbz)
![Number Lines](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-5652-icon.png?itok=3bryyKt2)
problem
Number Lines
A resource to try once children are familiar with number lines, and they have begun to use them for addition. It could be a good way to talk about subtraction. Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?
![Turning](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-5656-icon.jpg?itok=LYEtX8dW)
problem
Turning
Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?
![Mobile Numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-5781-icon.png?itok=h9ld-7A4)
problem
Mobile Numbers
In this investigation, you are challenged to make mobile phone
numbers which are easy to remember. What happens if you make a
sequence adding 2 each time?
![Shut the box](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-6074-icon.png?itok=3Fi4U_p_)
![Two-digit targets](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-6343-icon.png?itok=darGk5sS)
problem
Two-digit targets
You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?
![Our Numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-7006-icon.jpg?itok=Y8L_7Kgp)
problem
Our Numbers
These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?
![The add and take-away path](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-7281-icon.jpg?itok=BFClBmAp)
problem
The add and take-away path
Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?
![That number square](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-8169-icon.jpg?itok=RXd521Qj)
problem
That number square
Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
![Five Steps to 50](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-10586-icon.jpg?itok=bm_mSNot)
problem
Five Steps to 50
Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
![The Amazing Splitting Plant](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-99-10-letme2-icon.jpg?itok=eGgc54R8)
problem
The Amazing Splitting Plant
Can you work out how many flowers there will be on the Amazing Splitting Plant after it has been growing for six weeks?
![Lots of Lollies](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-2360-icon.png?itok=DhUS5VXQ)
problem
Lots of Lollies
Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
![Stop the Clock](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/content-id-6071-icon.jpg?itok=2KH6HDW2)
problem
Stop the Clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?