Being collaborative

  • Can you do \it too?
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    Can you do it too?

    Age
    5 to 7
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    Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

  • Olympic Measures
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    Olympic measures

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
  • Nutrition and Cycling
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    Nutrition and cycling

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?
  • Let us divide!
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    Let us divide!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?
  • How do you see it?
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    How do you see it?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

  • Matching fractions
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    Matching fractions

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.

  • That number square
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    That number square

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
  • Factorising with Multilink
    problem

    Factorising with multilink

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find out what is special about the dimensions of rectangles you can make with squares, sticks and units?
  • Take three numbers
    problem

    Take three numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

  • Magic Letters
    problem

    Magic letters

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?