Conjecturing and generalising

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    Grouping Goodies

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    5 to 7
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    Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

  • Shadow Play
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    Shadow Play

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    5 to 7
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    Here are shadows of some 3D shapes. What shapes could have made them?

  • Lots of Lollies
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    Lots of Lollies

    Age
    5 to 7
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    Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?

  • More Numbers in the Ring
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    More Numbers in the Ring

    Age
    5 to 7
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    If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

  • Stop the Clock
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    Stop the Clock

    Age
    5 to 7
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    This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

  • Circles, Circles
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    Circles, Circles

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Here are some arrangements of circles. How many circles would I need to make the next size up for each? Can you create your own arrangement and investigate the number of circles it needs?

  • Always, Sometimes or Never?
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    Always, Sometimes or Never?

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    5 to 11
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    Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

  • I'm Eight
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    I'm Eight

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.

  • Seven coloured discs.
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    Nim-7

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?

  • Break it up!
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    Break It Up!

    Age
    5 to 11
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    In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?