Exploring and noticing

In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?

Which domino pieces would go in the middle to complete the number patterns?

Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

Jack's mum used the same candles on his and his sister Kate's birthday cakes. When was Kate born?

On a farm there were some animals with 8 heads and 22 feet altogether. How many hens were there?

What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

There are ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots in this garden. What numbers of total spots can you make?

There are three baskets holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?

As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. How many can you collect?