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Cuisenaire Spirals

7 to 11

Can you make arrange Cuisenaire rods so that they make a 'spiral' with right angles at the corners?

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Opening Patterns

5 to 7

Look at some of the patterns in the Olympic Opening ceremonies and see what shapes you can spot.

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World of Tan 16 - Time flies

7 to 11

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the candle?

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Buzzy Bee

5 to 7

Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

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Using Non-standard Problems to Challenge Pre-conceptions

This paper explores the value of using problems as a way of challenging children’s mathematical pre-conceptions and problems' potential for extending their knowledge and understanding. It considers some non-standard problems taken from the NRICH website and examines them in the light of children's solutions and what children have said, or implied, about their thinking.