Being collaborative

  • Wallpaper
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    Wallpaper

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

  • 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?

  • Jumping squares
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    Jumping Squares

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

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    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?

  • Cubes Cut into Four Pieces
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    Cubes Cut Into Four Pieces

    Age
    5 to 7
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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?

  • The Tall Tower
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    The Tall Tower

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?

  • More Numbers in the Ring
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    More Numbers in the Ring

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

  • Stop the Clock
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    Stop the Clock

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

  • Always, Sometimes or Never?
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    Always, Sometimes or Never?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

  • I'm Eight
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    I'm Eight

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.