On this page you can find interactive environments, games and problems for Primary learners.
Interactive environments
These general interactive environments can be used to support learners' work on a variety of activities.
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interactivityFavouriteDominoes environment
These interactive dominoes can be dragged around the screen.
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interactivityFavouriteInteractive 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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interactivityFavouriteDice and spinners interactive
Simple dice and spinners tool for experiments.
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interactivityFavouriteCuisenaire environment
An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.
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interactivityFavouriteTangram browser
Explore our selection of interactive tangrams. Can you use the tangram pieces to re-create each picture?
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interactivityFavouriteVirtual geoboard
This virtual geoboard allows you to create shapes by stretching rubber bands between pegs on the board.
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interactivityFavouriteTessellation interactivity
An environment that enables you to investigate tessellations of regular polygons
Interactive activities
These problems and games all have interactive content, making them ideal for learners to tackle on tablets or laptops.
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problemSeesaw shenanigans
A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?
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problemOne big triangle
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.
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problemRobot monsters
Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
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problemCuisenaire counting
Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?
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problemSame length trains
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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problemAre you well balanced?
Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.
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problemSort the street
Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?
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problemTurning man
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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problemMatching triangles
Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?
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problemInside triangles
How many different triangles can you draw which each have one dot in the middle?
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problemRepeating patterns
Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?
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problemTwo-digit targets
You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?
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problemMatching time
Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.
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problemAlways, sometimes or never? KS1
Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?
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problemTables teaser
How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?
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problemColouring triangles
Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?
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problemChain of changes
In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?
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problemThree ball line up
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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problemFind the difference
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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problemLight the lights
Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?
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problemNumber round up
Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 in each set of circles below. The sum of each side of the triangle should equal the number in its centre.
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problemTangram tangle
If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?
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problemStop the clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
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problemFour triangles puzzle
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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problemMultiplication tables - matching cards
Practise your tables skills and try to beat your previous best score in this interactive game.
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problemGrowing garlic
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
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problemLargest even
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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problemPoly plug rectangles
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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problemSeeing squares
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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problemCarroll diagrams
Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?
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problemTeddy Town
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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problemThree squares
What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?
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problem4 dom
Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.