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More Ways of Showing

These problems give you chance to find different ways of showing (or representing) your thinking.  They sit alongside the problems in our Ways of Showing Feature.
Five Steps to 50
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Five Steps to 50

Age
5 to 7
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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?
Inside Triangles
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Inside Triangles

Age
5 to 7
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How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?
Number match
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Number match

Age
5 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Fraction Match
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Fraction Match

Age
5 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

6 Beads
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6 Beads

Age
5 to 7
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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?

A Bowl of Fruit
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A Bowl of Fruit

Age
5 to 7
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Can you work out how many apples there are in this fruit bowl if you know what fraction there are?
Eggs in Baskets
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Eggs in Baskets

Age
5 to 7
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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?
A4 Fraction Subtraction
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A4 Fraction Subtraction

Age
7 to 11
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This task offers opportunities to subtract fractions using A4 paper.

Rectangle Tangle
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Rectangle Tangle

Age
7 to 11
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The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the shapes?

Chocolate
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Chocolate

Age
7 to 14
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There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

Doughnut percents
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Doughnut percents

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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A task involving the equivalence between fractions, percentages and decimals which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.