Other tags that relate to Dicey Perimeter, Dicey Area
Investigations. Perimeter. Working systematically. Factors and multiples. Games. Generalising. Addition & subtraction. Visualising. Area - squares and rectangles. Combinations.There are 149 results
Broad Topics > Thinking Mathematically > Generalising
Area and Perimeter
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What can you say about these shapes? This problem challenges you to create shapes with different areas and perimeters.
Button-up Some More
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
How many ways can you find to do up all four buttons on my coat? How about if I had five buttons? Six ...?
Tiling
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
An investigation that gives you the opportunity to make and justify predictions.
Broken Toaster
Age 7 to 11 Short
Challenge Level
Only one side of a two-slice toaster is working. What is the quickest way to toast both sides of three slices of bread?
Sitting Round the Party Tables
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.
Build it Up
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you find all the ways to get 15 at the top of this triangle of numbers? Many opportunities to work in different ways.
Sums and Differences 2
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Find the sum and difference between a pair of two-digit numbers. Now find the sum and difference between the sum and difference! What happens?
Build it up More
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This task follows on from Build it Up and takes the ideas into three dimensions!
Sticky Triangles
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you continue this pattern of triangles and begin to predict how many sticks are used for each new "layer"?
Sums and Differences 1
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This challenge focuses on finding the sum and difference of pairs of two-digit numbers.
Round the Three Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?
Lost Books
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
While we were sorting some papers we found 3 strange sheets which seemed to come from small books but there were page numbers at the foot of each page. Did the pages come from the same book?
Polygonals
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Polygonal numbers are those that are arranged in shapes as they enlarge. Explore the polygonal numbers drawn here.
Journeys in Numberland
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number of points each of their routes scores.
Dice Stairs
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you make dice stairs using the rules stated? How do you know you have all the possible stairs?
The Great Tiling Count
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Compare the numbers of particular tiles in one or all of these three designs, inspired by the floor tiles of a church in Cambridge.
Break it Up!
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of 7 interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of 8 cubes and a stick of 6 cubes.
Rope Mat
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
How many centimetres of rope will I need to make another mat just like the one I have here?
Simple Train Journeys
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
How many different journeys could you make if you were going to visit four stations in this network? How about if there were five stations? Can you predict the number of journeys for seven stations?
Centred Squares
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This challenge, written for the Young Mathematicians' Award, invites you to explore 'centred squares'.
Games Related to Nim
Age 5 to 16
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.
Play to 37
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Round the Dice Decimals 1
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
Consecutive Negative Numbers
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?
Round the Dice Decimals 2
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
Taking Steps
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In each of the pictures the invitation is for you to: Count what you see. Identify how you think the pattern would continue.
One, Three, Five, Seven
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players. Set out 16 counters in rows of 1,3,5 and 7. Players take turns to remove any number of counters from a row. The player left with the last counter looses.
Strike it Out
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Doplication
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
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?
Digit Addition
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?
Winning Lines
Age 7 to 16
An article for teachers and pupils that encourages you to look at the mathematical properties of similar games.
Magic Vs
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
Pentanim
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players with similarities to NIM. Place one counter on each spot on the games board. Players take it is turns to remove 1 or 2 adjacent counters. The winner picks up the last counter.
Division Rules
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This challenge encourages you to explore dividing a three-digit number by a single-digit number.
Cuisenaire Squares
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
These squares have been made from Cuisenaire rods. Can you describe the pattern? What would the next square look like?
Got it for Two
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Got It game for an adult and child. How can you play so that you know you will always win?
Dotty Circle
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Watch this film carefully. Can you find a general rule for explaining when the dot will be this same distance from the horizontal axis?
Cut it Out
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you dissect an equilateral triangle into 6 smaller ones? What number of smaller equilateral triangles is it NOT possible to dissect a larger equilateral triangle into?
Oddly
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Find the sum of all three-digit numbers each of whose digits is odd.
Truth or Lie
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Take a look at the video of this trick. Can you perform it yourself? Why is this maths and not magic?
Making Maths: Be a Mathemagician
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Surprise your friends with this magic square trick.
Counting Counters
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Take a counter and surround it by a ring of other counters that MUST touch two others. How many are needed?
Window Frames
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
This task encourages you to investigate the number of edging pieces and panes in different sized windows.
Magic Circles
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 into the squares so that the numbers on each circle add up to the same amount. Can you find the rule for giving another set of six numbers?
Magic Constants
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In a Magic Square all the rows, columns and diagonals add to the 'Magic Constant'. How would you change the magic constant of this square?
Bundles of Cubes
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Watch this animation. What do you notice? What happens when you try more or fewer cubes in a bundle?
Strike it Out for Two
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?
Move a Match
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
How can you arrange these 10 matches in four piles so that when you move one match from three of the piles into the fourth, you end up with the same arrangement?
Cunning Card Trick
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Delight your friends with this cunning trick! Can you explain how it works?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.