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Teachers Using NRICH 3
Sharon Walter, an NRICH teacher fellow, talks about her experiences of trying to embed NRICH tasks into her everyday practice.
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Cover the Tray
7 to 11
These practical challenges are all about making a 'tray' and covering it with paper.
problem
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This Puzzling Sweet Shop
7 to 11
There were chews for 2 cents, mini eggs for 3 cents, Chocko bars for 5 cents and lollypops for 7 cents in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?
problem
Walkabout
14 to 16
A walk is made up of diagonal steps from left to right, starting at
the origin and ending on the x-axis. How many paths are there for 4
steps, for 6 steps, for 8 steps?
problem
Simple Train Journeys
5 to 11
How many different journeys could you make if you were going to visit four stations in this network? How about if there were five stations? Can you predict the number of journeys for seven stations?
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Crossings
7 to 11
In this problem we are looking at sets of parallel sticks that
cross each other. What is the least number of crossings you can
make? And the greatest?
problem
Charitable Pennies
7 to 14
Investigate the different ways that fifteen schools could have given money in a charity fundraiser.