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Position and Direction

A City of Towers
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A City of Towers

Age
5 to 7
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In this town, houses are built with one room for each person. There are some families of seven people living in the town. In how many different ways can they build their houses?

Break it up!
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Break it up!

Age
5 to 11
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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?

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?
Turning Man
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Turning Man

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.
Turning
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Turning

Age
5 to 7
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Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?

Repeating Patterns
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Repeating Patterns

Age
5 to 7
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Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?
En-counters
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En-counters

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
Triple Cubes
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Triple Cubes

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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This challenge involves eight three-cube models made from interlocking cubes. Investigate different ways of putting the models together then compare your constructions.

Poly Plug Pattern
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Poly Plug Pattern

Age
5 to 7
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Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?

Walking round a triangle
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Walking round a triangle

Age
5 to 7
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This ladybird is taking a walk round a triangle. Can you see how much he has turned when he gets back to where he started?
Domino Patterns
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Domino Patterns

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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What patterns can you make with a set of dominoes?

Circles, Circles
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Circles, Circles

Age
5 to 11
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Here are some arrangements of circles. How many circles would I need to make the next size up for each? Can you create your own arrangement and investigate the number of circles it needs?

Hundred Square
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Hundred Square

Age
5 to 11
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A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?

Three Ball Line Up
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Three Ball Line Up

Age
5 to 7
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Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
Triangle Animals
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Triangle Animals

Age
5 to 7
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How many different ways can you find to join three equilateral triangles together? Can you convince us that you have found them all?
2 Rings
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2 Rings

Age
5 to 7
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The red ring is inside the blue ring in this picture. Can you rearrange the rings in different ways? Perhaps you can overlap them or put one outside another?
Caterpillars
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Caterpillars

Age
5 to 7
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These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?
Olympic rings
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Olympic rings

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

School fair necklaces
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School fair necklaces

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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How many possible symmetrical necklaces can you find? How do you know you've found them all?
Square split into a triangle and trapezium
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Tangram Tangle

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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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?