Being collaborative

There are 308 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being collaborative
Diamond Collector
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Diamond collector

Collect as many diamonds as you can by drawing three straight lines.

Domino Square
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Domino square

Age
7 to 11
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Use the 'double-3 down' dominoes to make a square so that each side has eight dots.
Have you got it?
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Have you got it?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Numerically Equal
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Numerically equal

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you draw a square in which the perimeter is numerically equal to the area?

Skeleton Shapes
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Skeleton shapes

Age
5 to 7
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How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

Peaches today, Peaches tomorrow...
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Peaches today, peaches tomorrow...

Age
11 to 14
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A monkey with peaches, keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long can his peaches last?
Board Block Challenge
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Board block challenge

Age
7 to 11
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Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

Multiples Grid
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Multiples grid

Age
7 to 11
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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?

Reaction timer
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Reaction timer

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Coded hundred square
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Coded hundred square

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?