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Can you use the clues to complete these 4 by 4 Mathematical Sudokus?
There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?
Can you sketch triangles that fit in the cells in this grid? Which ones are impossible? How do you know?
Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?
Can you find pairs of differently sized windows that cost the same?
Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?
Can you compare these bars with each other and express their lengths as fractions of the black bar?
What fraction of the black bar are the other bars? Have a go at this challenging task!
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?
This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.
Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.
In this game for two players, you throw two dice and find the product. How many shapes can you draw on the grid which have that area or perimeter?
Can you make a spiral for yourself? Explore some different ways to create your own spiral pattern and explore differences between different spirals.
This problem shows that the external angles of an irregular hexagon add to a circle.
Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?
How will you decide which way of flipping over and/or turning the grid will give you the highest total?
After training hard, these two children have improved their results. Can you work out the length or height of their first jumps?
How many ways can you find to do up all four buttons on my coat? How about if I had five buttons? Six ...?
Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?
A task involving the equivalence between fractions, percentages and decimals which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.
I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?
What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
Add or subtract the two numbers on the spinners and try to complete a row of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
This challenge is a game for two players. Choose two of the numbers to multiply or divide, then mark your answer on the number line. Can you get four in a row?
Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?
This problem challenges you to work out what fraction of the whole area of these pictures is taken up by various shapes.
Can you find all the different triangles on these peg boards, and find their angles?
In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?
These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?
A 750 ml bottle of concentrated orange squash is enough to make fifteen 250 ml glasses of diluted orange drink. How much water is needed to make 10 litres of this drink?
Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?
You have been given three shapes made out of sponge: a sphere, a cylinder and a cone. Your challenge is to find out how to cut them to make different shapes for printing.
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?
Amy's mum had given her £2.50 to spend. She bought four times as many pens as pencils and was given 40p change. How many of each did she buy?
Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.
The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?
Use the isometric grid paper to find the different polygons.
The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the shapes?
Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?
How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
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?
What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.
We can arrange dots in a similar way to the 5 on a dice and they usually sit quite well into a rectangular shape. How many altogether in this 3 by 5? What happens for other sizes?