Describing patterns and sequences

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En-Counters

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
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Amazing Alphabet Maze

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you go from A to Z right through the alphabet in the hexagonal maze?
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Lawn Border

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

If I use 12 green tiles to represent my lawn, how many different ways could I arrange them? How many border tiles would I need each time?
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Street Sequences

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.
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Birds in the Garden

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

This activity asks you to collect information about the birds you see in the garden. Are there patterns in the data or do the birds seem to visit randomly?
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Holes

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?
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Sorting the Numbers

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Complete these two jigsaws then put one on top of the other. What happens when you add the 'touching' numbers? What happens when you change the position of the jigsaws?
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Counting Stick Conjectures

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

How many rectangles can you see? Are they all the same size? Can you predict how many rectangles there will be in counting sticks of different lengths?
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Month Mania

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?
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Taking a Die for a Walk

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Investigate the numbers that come up on a die as you roll it in the direction of north, south, east and west, without going over the path it's already made.