Interactives - Lower Primary

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Cuisenaire environment

An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.

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Dominoes Environment

These interactive dominoes can be dragged around the screen.

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Interactive Balance

In this simulation of a balance, you can drag numbers and parts of number sentences on to the trays. Have a play!

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Tangrams

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?

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Equivalent Pairs

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you match pairs of cards which show the same amount?

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Carroll Diagrams

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

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Seeing Squares

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

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Always, Sometimes or Never? KS1

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

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Matching Numbers for Two

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Matching Numbers game for an adult and child. Can you remember where the cards are so you can choose two which match?

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Matching Time

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

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Matching numbers

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you find different ways of showing the same number? Try this matching game and see!

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Venn diagrams

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

How will you complete these interactive Venn diagrams?

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Find the Difference

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.

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Repeating Patterns

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

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Inside Triangles

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?

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Matching Triangles

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

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100 Square Jigsaw

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?

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Turning Man

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.

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Cover the Camel

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you cover the camel with these pieces?

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Same Length Trains

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?

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Board Block

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

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Fraction Card Game

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you match the halves in this interactive game?

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Cuisenaire Counting

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?

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Robot Monsters

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.

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Multiplication Tables - matching cards

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Practise your tables skills and try to beat your previous best score in this interactive game.

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Flip Flop - matching cards

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Practise your number bonds whilst improving your memory in this matching pairs game.

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Chain of Changes

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

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?

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One Big Triangle

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

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4 Dom

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.

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Colouring Triangles

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

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Three Way Mix Up

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Jack has nine tiles. He put them together to make a square so that two tiles of the same colour were not beside each other. Can you find another way to do it?

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Teddy Town

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

There are nine teddies in Teddy Town - three red, three blue and three yellow. There are also nine houses, three of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

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Four Triangles Puzzle

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?

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Ladybird Box

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Place six toy ladybirds into the box so that there are two ladybirds in every column and every row.

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Seesaw Shenanigans

Age

3 to 7

Challenge level

A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?

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Largest Even

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?

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Three Squares

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?

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Tables Teaser

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?

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Sort the Street

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

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Poly Plug Rectangles

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?

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Triangle Edges

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

How many triangles can you make using sticks that are 3cm, 4cm and 5cm long?

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Sizing them Up

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.

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Junior Frogs

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Have a go at this well-known challenge. Can you swap the frogs and toads in as few slides and jumps as possible?

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Gathering Gems

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Using compass points, can you describe up to ten paths on this map so that you bring as many gems back home as possible?

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Change Around

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Move just three of the circles so that the triangle faces in the opposite direction.

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Two and One

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Terry and Ali are playing a game with three balls. Is it fair that Terry wins when the middle ball is red?

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Three Ball Line Up

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.

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A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at least version 9.