Being collaborative

There are 308 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being collaborative
Reaction timer
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Reaction timer

Age
11 to 14
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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
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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?
Number match
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Number match

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

Inky Cube
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Inky cube

Age
7 to 14
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This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?

Countdown
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Countdown

Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.

6 Beads
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6 beads

Age
5 to 7
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If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?

Dozens
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Dozens

Age
7 to 14
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Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
Twenty Divided into Six
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Twenty divided into six

Age
7 to 11
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Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?
Sealed Solution
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Sealed solution

Age
7 to 11
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Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?
Cut Nets
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Cut nets

Age
7 to 11
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Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?