Describing patterns and sequences

problem

Knights and Knaves

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Knights always tell the truth. Knaves always lie. Can you catch these knights and knaves out?
problem

Little Squares

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Look at the squares in this problem. What does the next square look like? I draw a square with 81 little squares inside it. How long and how wide is my square?
problem

So It's 28

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Here is your chance to investigate the number 28 using shapes, cubes ... in fact anything at all.
problem

En-Counters

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
problem

Amazing Alphabet Maze

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

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

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?
problem

Street Sequences

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.
problem

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?
problem

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?
problem

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?