Fit These Shapes
What is the largest number of circles we can fit into the frame without them overlapping? How do you know? What will happen if you try the other shapes?
What is the largest number of circles we can fit into the frame without them overlapping? How do you know? What will happen if you try the other shapes?
Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
This was a problem for our birthday website. Can you use four of these pieces to form a square? How about making a square with all five pieces?
Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.
This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?
What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?
Can you find out what is special about the dimensions of rectangles you can make with squares, sticks and units?
A video clip of Jo Boaler talking about Complex Instruction.
Place eight queens on an chessboard (an 8 by 8 grid) so that none can capture any of the others.
Exactly 195 digits have been used to number the pages in a book. How many pages does the book have?