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Broad Topics > NC > NC MeasurementA group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?
Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?
Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?
In this activity focusing on capacity, you will need a collection of different jars and bottles.
My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?
For this activity which explores capacity, you will need to collect some bottles and jars.
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?
Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.
What is the largest 'ribbon square' you can make? And the smallest? How many different squares can you make altogether?
Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.
Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?
One day five small animals in my garden were going to have a sports day. They decided to have a swimming race, a running race, a high jump and a long jump.
Can you see who the gold medal winner is? What about the silver medal winner and the bronze medal winner?
A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.
Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.
Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?
What can you say about these shapes? This problem challenges you to create shapes with different areas and perimeters.
Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?
The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.
These pictures show some different activities that you may get up to during a day. What order would you do them in?
Try this version of Snap with a friend - do you know the order of the days of the week?
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?
Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.
Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?
Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.
These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?
These rectangles have been torn. How many squares did each one have inside it before it was ripped?
Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.
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.
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?
On a digital clock showing 24 hour time, over a whole day, how many times does a 5 appear? Is it the same number for a 12 hour clock over a whole day?
Nine squares with side lengths 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 18 cm can be fitted together to form a rectangle. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?
Can you draw a square in which the perimeter is numerically equal to the area?
Stuart's watch loses two minutes every hour. Adam's watch gains one minute every hour. Use the information to work out what time (the real time) they arrived at the airport.
During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?
Ben has five coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?
Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?