Being resourceful

  • Pairs of legs
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    Pairs of legs

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    How many legs do each of these creatures have? How many pairs is that?

  • Temperature
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    Temperature

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?

  • Carroll Diagrams
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    Carroll diagrams

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

  • Number Families
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    Number families

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many different number families can you find?

  • Fractions Rectangle
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    Fractions rectangle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The large rectangle is divided into quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?

  • Dicey Addition
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    Dicey addition

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In these addition games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

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    This Pied Piper of Hamelin

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!

  • Seven Squares
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    Seven squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Watch these videos to see how Phoebe, Alice and Luke chose to draw 7 squares. How would they draw 100?

  • What was in the Box?
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    What was in the box?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This box does something to the numbers that go into it. If you know the numbers that come out, what might be going on inside the box?

  • Finding factors
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    Finding factors

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?