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Pattern Power
Mathematics is the study of patterns. Studying pattern is an opportunity to observe, hypothesise, experiment, discover and create.
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Christmas Chocolates
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How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there are in different sized boxes?
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More Number Pyramids
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When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
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Completing Quadrilaterals
11 to 14
We started drawing some quadrilaterals - can you complete them?
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All the Digits
7 to 11
This multiplication uses each of the digits 0 - 9 once and once only. Using the information given, can you replace the stars in the calculation with figures?
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One Big Triangle
5 to 7
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.
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Tangram Tangle
5 to 7
If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?
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Square Corners
7 to 11
What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?
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Football World Cup Simulation
7 to 16
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
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The Not-So-Simple Pendulum 2
16 to 18
Things are roughened up and friction is now added to the approximate simple pendulum