These activities are part of our Primary collections, which are problems grouped by topic.
Break It Up!
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?
Treasure Hunt
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
A Cartesian Puzzle
Find the missing coordinates which will form these eight quadrilaterals. These coordinates themselves will then form a shape with rotational and line symmetry.
Transformations on a Pegboard
How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?
Coordinate Challenge
Use the clues about the symmetrical properties of these letters to place them on the grid.
Eight Hidden Squares
On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight hidden squares?
Ten Hidden Squares
These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?