
Making boxes
Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?
Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?
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?
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?
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?
This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?
In these addition, subtraction, multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.