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Early fraction development
An article describing activities which will help develop young children's concept of fractions.
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What does it feel like to do maths?
Andrew Wiles, who famously proved Fermat's Last Theorem, talks about being a mathematician and dealing with being stuck.
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Using dice here and there
Bernard's article reminds us of the richness of using dice for number, shape and probability.
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Making maths: happy families
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.
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ReflectoR ! RotcelfeR
7 to 11
Can you place the blocks so that you see the reflection in the picture?
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In the bag
11 to 14
Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?
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Let's face it
7 to 11
In this problem you have to place four by four magic squares on the
faces of a cube so that along each edge of the cube the numbers
match.
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Some induction examples
Some statements which can be proved using induction, and some example proofs.