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Year 2 Visualising and Representing

Even and odd
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Even and odd

Age
5 to 7
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This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?
Two numbers under the microscope
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Two numbers under the microscope

Age
5 to 7
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This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.
How would we count?
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How would we count?

Age
5 to 11
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An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.

That number square
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That number square

Age
5 to 11
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Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
Doing and undoing
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Doing and undoing

Age
5 to 11
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An investigation looking at doing and undoing mathematical operations focusing on doubling, halving, adding and subtracting.
Two Spinners
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Two Spinners

Age
5 to 7
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What two-digit numbers can you make with these two dice? What can't you make?
Always, Sometimes or Never?
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Always, Sometimes or Never?

Age
5 to 11
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Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

Birthday Sharing
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Birthday Sharing

Age
5 to 7
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It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?
Digit Addition
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Digit Addition

Age
5 to 11
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Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?

How Many?
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How Many?

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Have a look at these photos of different fruit. How many do you see? How did you count?
Subtraction Slip
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Subtraction Slip

Age
5 to 7
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Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?
Snail One Hundred
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Snail One Hundred

In this game, you throw a dice and move counters along the snail's body and in a spiral around the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and ones.

Placeholder: several colourful numbers
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How Many?

This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?

Catrina's Cards
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Catrina's Cards

Age
5 to 7
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How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?
Cover the Camel
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Cover the Camel

Age
5 to 7
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Can you cover the camel with these pieces?
Make 37 Poster
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Make 37

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Can you pick any ten numbers from the bags so that their total is 37?

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?
Odd times Even
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Odd times Even

Age
5 to 7
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This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.
Cubes Cut into Four Pieces
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Cubes Cut into Four Pieces

Age
5 to 7
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Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?