Being resourceful

What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?

Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?

Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.

Imagine a room full of people who keep flipping coins until they get a tail. Will anyone get six heads in a row?

Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?

Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?

Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?

Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?

The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.