Practical activity

Have a go at making a few of these shapes from paper in different sizes. What patterns can you create?

Make a chair and table out of interlocking cubes, making sure that the chair fits under the table!

If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?

We have a box of cubes, triangular prisms, cones, cuboids, cylinders and tetrahedrons. Which of the buildings would fall down if we tried to make them?

Can you describe a piece of paper clearly enough for your partner to know which piece it is?

Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?

Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

For this activity which explores capacity, you will need to collect some bottles and jars.

Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.

This practical activity involves measuring length/distance.

In this activity focusing on capacity, you will need a collection of different jars and bottles.

Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?

You'll need a collection of cups for this activity.

Can you create symmetrical designs by cutting a square into strips?

This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?

Can you work out what shape is made when this piece of paper is folded up using the crease pattern shown?

If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?

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?

Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?

The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?

Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?

These pictures show squares split into halves. Can you find other ways?

Take 5 cubes of one colour and 2 of another colour. How many different ways can you join them if the 5 must touch the table and the 2 must not touch the table?

Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?

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?

Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?