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Year 7 Being Collaborative

Square It
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Square It

Age
11 to 16
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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.

Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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Factors and Multiples Puzzle

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?
Fractions jigsaw
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Fractions jigsaw

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A jigsaw where pieces only go together if the fractions are equivalent.
m, m and m
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M, M and M

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?

Multiples Sudoku
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Multiples Sudoku

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
Quadrilaterals game
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Quadrilaterals game

A game for 2 or more people, based on the traditional card game Rummy.
Countdown fractions
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Countdown fractions

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
Factors and Multiples Game
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Factors and Multiples Game

A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

Sticky Numbers
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Sticky Numbers

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you arrange the numbers 1 to 17 in a row so that each adjacent pair adds up to a square number?
Countdown
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Countdown

Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.

Up, down, flying around
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Up, down, flying around

Play this game to learn about adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers

Have you got it?
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Have you got it?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Magic Letters
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Magic Letters

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
Summing Consecutive Numbers
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Summing Consecutive Numbers

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?

Add to 200
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Add to 200

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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By selecting digits for an addition grid, what targets can you make?
Dozens
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Dozens

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
More Less is More
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More Less is More

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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In each of these games, you will need a little bit of luck, and your knowledge of place value to develop a winning strategy.
Shady Symmetry
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Shady Symmetry

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?
Connect Three
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Connect Three

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?
Thousands and Millions
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Thousands and Millions

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Here's a chance to work with large numbers...
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.
Number Lines in Disguise
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Number Lines in Disguise

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?
Remainders
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Remainders

Age
7 to 14
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I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?
Two and Two
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Two and Two

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
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How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.