problem
Tangrams
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?
problem
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?
problem
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.
problem
How would we count?
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.
problem
Button-up
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
My coat has three buttons. How many ways can you find to do up all the buttons?
problem
Ip dip
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?
problem
Domino patterns
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
What patterns can you make with a set of dominoes?
problem
Fraction match
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
problem
Doing and undoing
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
An investigation looking at doing and undoing mathematical operations focusing on doubling, halving, adding and subtracting.
problem
Happy halving
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?
problem
Break it up!
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?
problem
I like ...
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?