Exploring and noticing

  • Chocolate
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    Chocolate

    Age
    7 to 14
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    There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

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    Doughnut Percents

    Age
    7 to 14
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    Can you make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

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    Counting Cogs

    Age
    7 to 14
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    Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?

  • Method in multiplying madness?
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    Method in Multiplying Madness?

    Age
    7 to 14
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    Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?

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    Three Neighbours

    Age
    7 to 14
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    Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

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    Inky Cube

    Age
    7 to 14
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    This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?

  • Factors and Multiples Game
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    Factors and Multiples Game

    Age
    7 to 16
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    A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

  • Xavi's T-shirt
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    Xavi's T-Shirt

    Age
    7 to 16
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    How much can you read into a T-shirt?

  • Almost One
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    Almost One

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Choose some fractions and add them together. Can you get close to 1?

  • Angles inside
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    Angles Inside

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Draw some angles inside a rectangle. What do you notice? Can you prove it?