A Bit of a Dicey Problem
When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?
When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?
In this game, you turn over two cards and try to draw a triangle which has both properties.
If you asked your mum/dad/friend to take you to the park today, what sort of response might you get?
Lola bought a balloon at the circus. She gave the clown six coins to pay for it. What could Lola have paid for the balloon?
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.
How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?
Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?
It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?
Alison, Bernard and Charlie have been exploring sequences of odd and even numbers, which raise some intriguing questions...
Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?