Being collaborative

  • problem

    Birthday cakes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?

  • Domino Sequences
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    Domino sequences

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.

  • Building with Solid Shapes
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    Building with solid shapes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    We have a box of cubes, triangular prisms, cones, cuboids, cylinders and tetrahedrons. Which of the buildings would fall down if we tried to make them?

  • Cubes Cut into Four Pieces
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    Cubes cut into four pieces

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

  • problem

    Grouping goodies

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

  • Making Sticks
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    Making sticks

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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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?

  • Missing Middles
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    Missing middles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in each case to complete the pattern of these eight sets of three dominoes?

  • problem

    The puzzling sweet shop

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    There were cola bottles for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, marshmallow twists for 5p and lollipops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?

  • Chain of Changes
    problem

    Chain of changes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?

  • One Big Triangle
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    One big triangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.