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Baskets
This activity encourages children to practise their sharing and counting skills by putting small objects into some baskets.
Counting
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Hidden Jewels
In this 'hide and reveal' game, children are encouraged to say the number of gems without counting them.
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The Value of Two
Ruth Trundley outlines her doctoral research and concludes that development of an understanding of cardinality is a crucial element of counting that can be overlooked.
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Count the Crayons
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
How could you estimate the number of pencils/pens in these pictures?
problem
Five Steps to 50
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
problem
Sorting the Numbers
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you put the numbers in the correct place in this Carroll diagram?
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Binomial Coefficients
An introduction to the binomial coefficient, and exploration of some of the formulae it satisfies.
problem
How would we count?
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.
problem
Some Secret Codes
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you follow the rule to decode the messages?
problem
All Change
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?