Being resourceful

  • problem

    The amazing splitting plant

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out how many flowers there will be on the Amazing Splitting Plant after it has been growing for six weeks?

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    Biscuit decorations

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?

  • Five Coins
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    Five coins

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Ben has five coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?

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    Noah

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Noah saw 12 legs walk by into the Ark. How many creatures did he see?

  • Let's Investigate Triangles
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    Let's investigate triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

  • Making Cuboids
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    Making cuboids

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

  • Making Boxes
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    Making boxes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?

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    Round and round the circle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.

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    Dicey operations in line

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In these addition, subtraction, multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

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    Dicey operations

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In these addition and subtraction games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.