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Squash
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Squash

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If the score is 8-8 do I have more chance of winning if the winner is the first to reach 9 points or the first to reach 10 points?
Place Your Counters...
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Place your counters...

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An article for teachers which first appeared in the MA's Equals journal, featuring activities which use counters.
Child's Play
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Child's play

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A toy has a regular tetrahedron, a cube and a base with triangular and square hollows. If you fit a shape into the correct hollow a bell rings. How many times does the bell ring in a complete game?
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Winning the lottery

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Find out about the lottery that is played in a far-away land. What is the chance of winning?

From A Random World to a Rational Universe
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From a random world to a rational universe

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In the time before the mathematical idea of randomness was discovered, people thought that everything that happened was part of the will of supernatural beings. So have things changed?
Constructing Triangles
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Constructing triangles

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Generate three random numbers to determine the side lengths of a triangle. What triangles can you draw?

Connect Three
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Connect three

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In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?

Take Some ... Counters
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Take some ... counters

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This article for primary teachers outlines how using counters can support mathematical teaching and learning.
Domino Magic Rectangle
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Domino magic rectangle

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An ordinary set of dominoes can be laid out as a 7 by 4 magic rectangle in which all the spots in all the columns add to 24, while those in the rows add to 42. Try it! Now try the magic square...

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