Fair Feast
Here is a picnic that Petros and Michael are going to share equally. Can you tell us what each of them will have?
Sitting round the party tables
Rectangle Tangle
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?
Brush Loads
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.
Cubes Here and There
The Numbers give the design
Stick images
This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
Eye View
Cuisenaire Spirals
Tumbling Down
Watch this animation. What do you see? Can you explain why this happens?
Picture a Pyramid
Imagine a pyramid which is built in square layers of small cubes. If we number the cubes from the top, starting with 1, can you picture which cubes are directly below this first cube?
Display Boards
Fraction Fascination
This problem challenges you to work out what fraction of the whole area of these pictures is taken up by various shapes.
Inky Cube
This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?
Ribbon Squares
What is the largest 'ribbon square' you can make? And the smallest? How many different squares can you make altogether?
Square It
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.