Being collaborative

  • Number match
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    Number match

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

  • Making Rectangles
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    Making rectangles

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

  • Next size up
    problem

    Next size up

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.

  • Table patterns go wild!
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    Table patterns go wild!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.

  • Growing Rectangles
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    Growing rectangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?

  • Partly Painted Cube
    problem

    Partly painted cube

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
  • How do you do it?
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    How do you do it?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This group activity will encourage you to share calculation strategies and to think about which strategy might be the most efficient.

  • Even and odd
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    Even and odd

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?
  • Jig Shapes
    problem

    Jig shapes

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

  • Sort them out (1)
    problem

    Sort them out (1)

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?