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Two Heads Are Better Than One
An article that reminds us about the value and importance of communication in the mathematics classroom.
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Making Maths: Happy Families
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.
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Halloween Investigation
7 to 11
Ana and Ross looked in a trunk in the attic. They found old cloaks
and gowns, hats and masks. How many possible costumes could they
make?
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W Mates
16 to 18
Show there are exactly 12 magic labellings of the Magic W using the
numbers 1 to 9. Prove that for every labelling with a magic total T
there is a corresponding labelling with a magic total 30-T.
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Bus Stop
14 to 16
Two buses leave at the same time from two towns Shipton and Veston on the same long road, travelling towards each other. At each mile along the road are milestones. The buses' speeds are constant and in the ratio 5 to 4. The buses travel to and fro between the towns. What milestones are at Shipton and Veston?
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Slippage
14 to 16
A ladder 3m long rests against a wall with one end a short distance from its base. Between the wall and the base of a ladder is a garden storage box 1m tall and 1m high. What is the maximum distance up the wall which the ladder can reach?
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Queueing
3 to 5
This resource explores the rich mathematics in activities for young children involing queues.
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physNRICH
PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics
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Arrays, Multiplication and Division
This article explores the use of the array to support children's thinking around multiplication and division.
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Four Colours
5 to 11
Kate has eight multilink cubes. She has two red ones, two yellow, two green and two blue. She wants to fit them together to make a cube so that each colour shows on each face just once.