Describing patterns and sequences

  • Baravelle
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    Baravelle

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    7 to 16
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    What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?

  • Pocket money
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    Pocket Money

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    11 to 14
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    Which of these pocket money systems would you rather have?

  • Days and Dates
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    Days and Dates

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    11 to 14
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    Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...

  • A green frog.
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    Frogs

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    11 to 14
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    How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?

  • Picturing Triangular Numbers
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    Picturing Triangular Numbers

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    11 to 14
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    What do you notice about the sum of two identical triangular numbers?

  • Picturing Square Numbers
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    Picturing Square Numbers

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    11 to 14
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    Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?

  • Elevenses
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    Elevenses

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    11 to 14
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    How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?

  • Shifting Times Tables
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    Shifting Times Tables

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    11 to 14
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    Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?

  • What numbers can we make?
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    What Numbers Can We Make?

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    11 to 14
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    Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?

  • Odds, Evens and More Evens
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    Odds, Evens and More Evens

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    11 to 14
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    Alison, Bernard and Charlie have been exploring sequences of odd and even numbers, which raise some intriguing questions...