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Being Resourceful - Lower Primary Number

Biscuit Decorations
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Biscuit Decorations

Age
5 to 7
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Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?
Dotty Six
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Dotty Six

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

Five Steps to 50
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Five Steps to 50

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
Heads and Feet
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Heads and Feet

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Ring a Ring of Numbers
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Ring a Ring of Numbers

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.
The Tall Tower
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The Tall Tower

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
More Numbers in the Ring
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More Numbers in the Ring

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?