Being collaborative

There are 308 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being collaborative
Secret Number
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Secret number

Age
5 to 7
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Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?
Multiples Sudoku
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Multiples sudoku

Age
11 to 14
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Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
Even and odd
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Even and odd

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5 to 7
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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?
Thirsty?
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Thirsty?

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5 to 7
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Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?

Guess the dominoes
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Guess the dominoes

Age
7 to 11
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This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.
Seeing Squares
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Seeing squares

Age
5 to 11
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Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Making Boxes
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Making boxes

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7 to 11
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Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?

Making Sticks
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Making sticks

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5 to 7
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Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?
What's in a Name?
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What's in a name?

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5 to 7
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What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?
Reach 100
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Reach 100

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7 to 11
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Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.