Exploring and noticing

  • Paper Patchwork 2
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    Paper patchwork 2

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Have a go at making a few of these shapes from paper in different sizes. What patterns can you create?

  • Homes
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    Homes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Six new homes are being built! They can be detached, semi-detached or terraced houses. How many different combinations of these can you find?
  • Let's Investigate Triangles
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    Let's investigate triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

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    Biscuit decorations

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?

  • Writing Digits
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    Writing digits

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Lee was writing all the counting numbers from 1 to 20. She stopped for a rest after writing seventeen digits. What was the last number she wrote?

  • Next Domino
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    Next domino

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Which comes next in each pattern of dominoes?

  • One Big Triangle
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    One big triangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

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    Buzzy bee

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

  • Two flowers with the numbers 15 and 16 on them
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    Butterfly flowers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

  • Domino Sequences
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    Domino sequences

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.