Beads and bags

How could you put these three beads into bags? How many different ways can you do it? How could you record what you've done?
Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving
Being curious Being resourceful Being resilient Being collaborative

 

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Beads and bags

This challenge involves three beads and lots of bags.

There are as many bags as you need.

Find a way to put the beads into some of the bags.

Find another different way to put the beads into some of the bags.

How many different ways can you make?

Have you tried putting a bag into another bag?

Can you record your ways?

How do you know you've got them all?

Can you give your recording to a friend to see if they can re-make your way?

Can you record your ways without pictures?

Can you record using numbers?

Does your partner always make the way you expect?

Can you refine your recording so that your partner always gets it right?

 

Photograph acknowledgement:

"Wooden beads" by Danielle Keller is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0