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Sweets in a Box
How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?
Presents
One Wasn't Square
Mrs Morgan, the class's teacher, pinned numbers onto the backs of three children. Use the information to find out what the three numbers were.
Ladybird Count
Some children were playing a game. Make a graph or picture to show how many ladybirds each child had.
Transformations on a Pegboard
How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?
Triangles and Petals
An equilateral triangle rotates around regular polygons and produces an outline like a flower. What are the perimeters of the different flowers?
Tricky Track
In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first?
Spotting the Loophole
A visualisation problem in which you search for vectors which sum to zero from a jumble of arrows. Will your eyes be quicker than algebra?