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Broad Topics > Physical and Digital Manipulatives > Interactivities
Carroll Diagrams
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?
Seeing Squares
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Always, Sometimes or Never? Number
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
Poly Plug Rectangles
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
Light the Lights
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?
Light the Lights Again
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Each light in this interactivity turns on according to a rule. What happens when you enter different numbers? Can you find the smallest number that lights up all four lights?
Times Tables Shifts
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. Can you work out the table and the shift each time?
Coded Hundred Square
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Countdown
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Treasure Hunt
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
Find the Difference
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
Stop the Clock
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
First Connect Three
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
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?
Turning
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?
Inside Triangles
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?
Multiplication Square Jigsaw
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?
Twice as Big?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.
Turning Man
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.
Factors and Multiples Game
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Multiples Grid
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?
Sort the Street
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?
More Transformations on a Pegboard
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Use the interactivity to find all the different right-angled triangles you can make by just moving one corner of the starting triangle.
Are You Well Balanced?
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.
Cuisenaire Environment
Age 5 to 16
Challenge Level
An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.
Same Length Trains
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?
Board Block Challenge
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
Three Ball Line Up
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
Nine-pin Triangles
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
Cuisenaire Counting
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?
Robot Monsters
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
A Square of Numbers
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four calculations are correct?
Got It
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Multiplication Tables - Matching Cards
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Practise your tables skills and try to beat your previous best score in this interactive game.
Matching Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you match pairs of fractions, decimals and percentages, and beat your previous scores?
Factor Lines
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Number Round Up
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 in each set of circles below. The sum of each side of the triangle should equal the number in its centre.
Phiddlywinks
Age 7 to 18
Challenge Level
Have a go at this version of John Conway's game. Do you have any good strategies for winning?
Latin Lilies
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
In this game you are challenged to gain more columns of lily pads than your opponent.
First Connect Three for Two
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
First Connect Three game for an adult and child. Use the dice numbers and either addition or subtraction to get three numbers in a straight line.
Train Tactics for Two
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Train game for an adult and child. Who will be the first to make the train?
Board Block for Two
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?
Seeing Squares for Two
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?
Stop the Clock for Two
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Stop the Clock game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you always win this game?
Advent Calendar 2012 - Primary
Age 5 to 11
The 2012 primary advent calendar features twenty-four of our posters, one for each day in the run-up to Christmas.
Red or Black Spinner
Age 3 to 16
Challenge Level
A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at. . . .
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.