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Seeing is believing

In this feature, we have chosen some resources from the Seeing is Believing pathway on Wild Maths.

Take a look at Introducing Creativity in the Classroom to find out more about Wild Maths, and for suggestions of NRICH tasks we recommend if you want to promote creativity in your classroom.

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Introducing creativity in the classroom

Age

11 to 18

Challenge level

Learn all about Wild Maths and how you can support mathematical creativity in the classroom

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Chessboard challenge

Age

11 to 16

Challenge level

A chessboard has lots of squares... more than you might think at first... can you work out how many?

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Picture story

Age

11 to 16

Challenge level

It is said that every picture tells a story... Can you tell the story of our video about Cube Numbers?

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Order in disorder

Age

11 to 16

Challenge level

Watch this talk by Imre Leader and learn about maths without equations.

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Make your own pentominoes

Age

11 to 16

Challenge level

Pentominoes are made by joining five squares together edge to edge. Can you find them all and make a full set?

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Special numbers

Age

11 to 16

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Number patterns and infinity

Age

11 to 16

See some Number Patterns problems from Wild Maths and make your classroom more creative.

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Dotty grids

Age

11 to 16

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Freedom and constraints

Age

11 to 16

There's more room to manoeuvre than you might initially imagine!