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Addition & subtraction. Trial and improvement. Combinations. Interactivities. Multiplication & division. Working systematically. Generalising. Visualising. Factors and multiples. Investigations.

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Broad Topics > Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics > Practical Activity

Dice Stairs

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Can you make dice stairs using the rules stated? How do you know you have all the possible stairs?

Sticks and Triangles

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Using different numbers of sticks, how many different triangles are you able to make? Can you make any rules about the numbers of sticks that make the most triangles?

Seven Flipped

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Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.

Two on Five

Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:

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?

Four Colours

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Kate has eight multilink cubes. She has two red ones, two yellow, two green and two blue. She wants to fit them together to make a cube so that each colour shows on each face just once.

Cuboid-in-a-box

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What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?

Tri.'s

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How many triangles can you make on the 3 by 3 pegboard?

Two by One

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An activity making various patterns with 2 x 1 rectangular tiles.

Cereal Packets

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How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?

Three Sets of Cubes, Two Surfaces

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How many models can you find which obey these rules?

Cover the Tray

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These practical challenges are all about making a 'tray' and covering it with paper.

Map Folding

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Take a rectangle of paper and fold it in half, and half again, to make four smaller rectangles. How many different ways can you fold it up?

Egyptian Rope

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The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

Putting Two and Two Together

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In how many ways can you fit two of these yellow triangles together? Can you predict the number of ways two blue triangles can be fitted together?

Brush Loads

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How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

Making Cuboids

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Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

Shaping Up

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Are all the possible combinations of two shapes included in this set of 27 cards? How do you know?

Advent Calendar 2008

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Our 2008 Advent Calendar has a 'Making Maths' activity for every day in the run-up to Christmas.

Cutting Corners

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Can you make the most extraordinary, the most amazing, the most unusual patterns/designs from these triangles which are made in a special way?

Square Corners

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What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?

Little Boxes

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How many different cuboids can you make when you use four CDs or DVDs? How about using five, then six?

Sort Them Out (2)

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Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

Advent Calendar 2006

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NRICH December 2006 advent calendar - a new tangram for each day in the run-up to Christmas.

Order the Changes

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Can you order pictures of the development of a frog from frogspawn and of a bean seed growing into a plant?

Escher Tessellations

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This practical investigation invites you to make tessellating shapes in a similar way to the artist Escher.

World of Tan 25 - Pentominoes

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these people?

World of Tan 22 - an Appealing Stroll

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the child walking home from school?

World of Tan 24 - Clocks

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these clocks?

World of Tan 26 - Old Chestnut

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this brazier for roasting chestnuts?

World of Tan 28 - Concentrating on Coordinates

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming playing the board game?

Two Squared

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What happens to the area of a square if you double the length of the sides? Try the same thing with rectangles, diamonds and other shapes. How do the four smaller ones fit into the larger one?

Music to My Ears

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Can you predict when you'll be clapping and when you'll be clicking if you start this rhythm? How about when a friend begins a new rhythm at the same time?