Being collaborative

  • Matching Triangles
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    Matching triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

  • Nicely Similar
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    Nicely similar

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If the hypotenuse (base) length is 100cm and if an extra line splits the base into 36cm and 64cm parts, what were the side lengths for the original right-angled triangle?

  • A Chance to Win?
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    A chance to win?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine you were given the chance to win some money... and imagine you had nothing to lose...
  • Growing Garlic
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    Growing garlic

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

  • problem

    Factor-multiple chains

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?

  • Route to infinity
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    Route to infinity

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
  • Fractions jigsaw
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    Fractions jigsaw

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A jigsaw where pieces only go together if the fractions are equivalent.
  • Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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    Factors and multiples puzzle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?
  • Multiples Grid
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    Multiples grid

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?

  • Coordinate Challenge
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    Coordinate challenge

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the clues about the symmetrical properties of these letters to place them on the grid.