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The Tower of Hanoi - three wooden poles, with several coloured rings of decreasing sizes on the middle pole.
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Tower of Hanoi

11 to 14

The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.

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TES Podcast Resources

Alison appeared on the second episode of the TES maths podcast. Here are some of the resources she shared.

Trominoes
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Trominoes

11 to 16
Can all but one square of an 8 by 8 Chessboard be covered by Trominoes?
Ante Up
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Ante Up

16 to 18

Use cunning to work out a strategy to win this game.

Bipin's Choice
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Bipin's Choice

7 to 11
Bipin is in a game show and he has picked a red ball out of 10 balls. He wins a large sum of money, but can you use the information to decided what he should do next?
Fraction Match
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Fraction Match

5 to 11

A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Domino Pick
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Domino Pick

5 to 7

Are these domino games fair? Can you explain why or why not?

Dicey
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Dicey

7 to 11
A game has a special dice with a colour spot on each face. These three pictures show different views of the same dice. What colour is opposite blue?
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