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What is the sum of all the digits in all the integers from one to one million?
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Use the animation to help you work out how many lines are needed to draw mystic roses of different sizes.
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Some people offer advice on how to win at games of chance, or how to influence probability in your favour. Can you decide whether advice is good or not?
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Can you invert this confusing sentence from Lewis Carrol?
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If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be each time?
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In a snooker game the brown ball was on the lip of the pocket but it could not be hit directly as the black ball was in the way. How could it be potted by playing the white ball off a cushion?
Marion Bond suggests that we try to imagine mathematical knowledge as a broad crazy paving rather than a path of stepping stones. There is no one right place to start and there is no one right route to follow. This article looks at ways of offering children mathematical experiences throughout the day, not just in maths lessons.
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"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?
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Use your hand span to measure the distance around a tree trunk. If you ask a friend to try the same thing, how do the answers compare?
