Counting

  • problem

    Buzzy bee

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

  • Ladybird Count
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    Ladybird count

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Some children were playing a game. Make a graph or picture to show how many ladybirds each child had.

  • Stone Age Counting
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    Stone age counting

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    What could these drawings, found in a cave in Spain, represent?

  • 100 Square Jigsaw
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    100 square jigsaw

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?

  • Tug of War
    problem

    Tug of war

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?

  • Lots of Biscuits!
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    Lots of biscuits!

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Help share out the biscuits the children have made.

  • Sort them out (1)
    problem

    Sort them out (1)

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

  • problem

    Cube bricks and daisy chains

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Daisy and Akram have made some number patterns. Can you find out which pattern is longer?

  • problem

    Pairs of numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?

  • Incey Wincey Spider
    problem

    Incey Wincey Spider

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    You'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?