Being collaborative

  • Making Rectangles
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    Making Rectangles

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

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    Doughnut Percents

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    7 to 14
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    Can you make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

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    Counting Cogs

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    7 to 14
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    Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?

  • Castles in the middle
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    Castles in the Middle

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    7 to 14
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    This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.
  • Method in multiplying madness?
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    Method in Multiplying Madness?

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    7 to 14
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    Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?

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    Three Neighbours

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    7 to 14
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    Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

  • Ten Hidden Squares
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    Ten Hidden Squares

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    7 to 14
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    These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?

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    Inky Cube

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    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?

  • Factors and Multiples Game
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    Factors and Multiples Game

    Age
    7 to 16
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    A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

  • Which solid?
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    Which Solid?

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    7 to 16
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    This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.