Being collaborative

  • Making Boxes
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    Making boxes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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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?

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    Sweets in a box

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?

  • I'm Eight
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    I'm eight

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.
  • Roll these Dice
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    Roll these dice

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?

  • Chocolate
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    Chocolate

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

  • Developing good team-working skills
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    Developing good team-working skills

    Group work depends on effective team work. This article describes attributes of effective team work and links to "Team Building" problems that can be used to develop learners' team working skills.
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    project

    How many?

    This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?

  • Dicey Operations in Line
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    Dicey operations in line

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In these addition, subtraction, multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

  • Countdown
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    Countdown

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.