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More Lower Primary Activities Using Counters

Once you've taken a look at the activities in the Counters Feature, why not have a go at these problems, which also all use counters?
Snail One Hundred
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Snail One Hundred

In this game, you throw a dice and move counters along the snail's body and in a spiral around the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and ones.

En-counters
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En-counters

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

6 Beads
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6 Beads

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?

Three by Three
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Three by Three

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Arrange 3 red, 3 blue and 3 yellow counters into a three-by-three square grid, so that there is only one of each colour in every row and every column
Three Way Mix Up
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Three Way Mix Up

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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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?
Teddy Bear Line-Up
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Teddy Bear Line-Up

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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What is the least number of moves you can take to rearrange the bears so that no bear is next to a bear of the same colour?