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Hexagon Transformations
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you cut a regular hexagon into two pieces to make a parallelogram? Try cutting it into three pieces to make a rhombus!
Regular Rings 2
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
What shape is made when you fold using this crease pattern? Can you make a ring design?
Stringy Quads
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!
Folding Flowers 1
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you visualise what shape this piece of paper will make when it is folded?
Shaping Up
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Are all the possible combinations of two shapes included in this set of 27 cards? How do you know?
Folding Flowers 2
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Make a flower design using the same shape made out of different sizes of paper.
Jig Shapes
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?
Midpoint Triangle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you cut up a square in the way shown and make the pieces into a triangle?
Regular Rings 1
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you work out what shape is made by folding in this way? Why not create some patterns using this shape but in different sizes?
Making Maths: Test the Strength of a Triangle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Have you noticed that triangles are used in manmade structures? Perhaps there is a good reason for this? 'Test a Triangle' and see how rigid triangles are.
Three Squares
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?
Triangular Faces
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This problem invites you to build 3D shapes using two different triangles. Can you make the shapes from the pictures?
Putting Two and Two Together
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
Pyramid Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
What are the next three numbers in this sequence? Can you explain why are they called pyramid numbers?
Making Maths: Rolypoly
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Paint a stripe on a cardboard roll. Can you predict what will happen when it is rolled across a sheet of paper?
Two Squared
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
Fractional Triangles
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.
Reef and Granny
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Have a look at what happens when you pull a reef knot and a granny knot tight. Which do you think is best for securing things together? Why?
Jomista Mat
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Looking at the picture of this Jomista Mat, can you decribe what you see? Why not try and make one yourself?
Construct-o-straws
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Make a cube out of straws and have a go at this practical challenge.
Folding, Cutting and Punching
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Exploring and predicting folding, cutting and punching holes and making spirals.
Sponge Sections
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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.
Move Those Halves
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
For this task, you'll need an A4 sheet and two A5 transparent sheets. Decide on a way of arranging the A5 sheets on top of the A4 sheet and explore ...
Triangle Shapes
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
This practical problem challenges you to create shapes and patterns with two different types of triangle. You could even try overlapping them.
Making Maths: Be a Mathemagician
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Surprise your friends with this magic square trick.
Making Maths: Stars
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Have a go at drawing these stars which use six points drawn around a circle. Perhaps you can create your own designs?
A Patchwork Piece
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Follow the diagrams to make this patchwork piece, based on an octagon in a square.
Making Maths: Five-point Snowflake
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Follow these instructions to make a five-pointed snowflake from a square of paper.
Making Maths: Snowflakes
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
It's hard to make a snowflake with six perfect lines of symmetry, but it's fun to try!
Let Us Reflect
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Where can you put the mirror across the square so that you can still "see" the whole square? How many different positions are possible?
Making Maths: A-maze-ing
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Did you know mazes tell stories? Find out more about mazes and make one of your own.
Hoops/rope
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Ideas for practical ways of representing data such as Venn and Carroll diagrams.
Making Maths: Make a Magic Circle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Make a mobius band and investigate its properties.
Two by One
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
An activity making various patterns with 2 x 1 rectangular tiles.
Making Maths: Making a Tangram
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Follow these instructions to make a three-piece and/or seven-piece tangram.
Little Boxes
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How many different cuboids can you make when you use four CDs or DVDs? How about using five, then six?
It's a Tie
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Kaia is sure that her father has worn a particular tie twice a week in at least five of the last ten weeks, but her father disagrees. Who do you think is right?
Purposeful Paper Folding
Age 5 to 11
In this article for primary teachers, Fran describes her passion for paper folding as a springboard for mathematics.
Making Maths: Kites and Darts
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Using these kite and dart templates, you could try to recreate part of Penrose's famous tessellation or design one yourself.
Paper Curves
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This is a simple paper-folding activity that gives an intriguing result which you can then investigate further.
Fencing
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.
This Fencing
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.
Cut and Make
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Cut a square of paper into three pieces as shown. Now,can you use the 3 pieces to make a large triangle, a parallelogram and the square again?
Music to My Ears
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
Double Your Popcorn, Double Your Pleasure
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
We went to the cinema and decided to buy some bags of popcorn so we asked about the prices. Investigate how much popcorn each bag holds so find out which we might have bought.
Sports Equipment
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
If these balls are put on a line with each ball touching the one in front and the one behind, which arrangement makes the shortest line of balls?
Making Maths: Birds from an Egg
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?
Bryony's Triangle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Watch the video to see how to fold a square of paper to create a flower. What fraction of the piece of paper is the small triangle?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.