There are a number of different ways in which you, as the teacher, might use NRICH solutions as part of the lesson itself and these are outlined in our Celebrating Solutions Feature.
The tasks below have published solutions which reflect different ways to approach it. Having tried a task for themselves, you could then share the published solutions with your class and ask learners, for example:
The tasks below have published solutions which reflect different ways to approach it. Having tried a task for themselves, you could then share the published solutions with your class and ask learners, for example:
- Which was like yours?
- Find something you like in one of the others. Why do you like it?
- Which solution do you think is most elegant? Why?
- If you were given another task like this in the future, would you change the way you solved it? Why or why not?
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Two dice
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Find all the numbers that can be made by adding the dots on two dice.
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6 beads
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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?
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Eggs in baskets
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?
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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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Maze 100
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you go through this maze so that the numbers you pass add to exactly 100?
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Match the matches
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches.
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Light the lights again
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Each light in this interactivity turns on according to a rule. What happens when you enter different numbers? Can you find the smallest number that lights up all four lights?