Counting

Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?

How many legs do each of these creatures have? How many pairs is that?

In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

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

In this problem, we're investigating the number of steps we would climb up or down to get out of or into the swimming pool. How could you number the steps below the water?

"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?

Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.

Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.

Have a look at these photos of different fruit. How many do you see? How did you count?