Being resourceful

  • Let us divide!
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    Let us divide!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?

  • How do you see it?
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    How do you see it?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

  • Matching fractions
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    Matching fractions

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.

  • How would we count?
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    How would we count?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.

  • Different Sizes
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    Different sizes

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.

  • Always a multiple?
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    Always a multiple?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...

  • Round a hexagon
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    Round a hexagon

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This problem shows that the external angles of an irregular hexagon add to a circle.

  • Square subtraction
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    Square subtraction

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Look at what happens when you take a number, square it and subtract your answer. What kind of number do you get? Can you prove it?

  • Take three numbers
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    Take three numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

  • Odd times Even
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    Odd times even

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.