Taking a Die for a Walk
Investigate the numbers that come up on a die as you roll it in the direction of north, south, east and west, without going over the path it's already made.
Investigate the numbers that come up on a die as you roll it in the direction of north, south, east and west, without going over the path it's already made.
Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!
Many NRICH tasks have been designed with group work in mind. Read about Jo Boaler's research on the benefits of collaborative work and watch a clip of a teacher working in this way.
Draw all the possible distinct triangles on a 4 × 4 dotty grid. Convince me that you have all possible triangles.
In LOGO circles can be described in terms of polygons with an infinite (in this case large number) of sides - investigate this definition further.