Being resourceful

It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?

Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?

Order these four calculations from easiest to hardest. How did you decide?

Can you match pairs of cards which show the same amount?

Noah saw 12 legs walk by into the Ark. How many creatures did he see?

Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?

On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

These pictures show squares split into halves. Can you find other ways?