Factors and multiples

problem
Skip counting

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Find the squares that Froggie skips onto to get to the pumpkin patch. She starts on 3 and finishes on 30, but she lands only on a square that has a number 3 more than the square she skips from.
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
Share bears

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Yasmin and Zach have some bears to share. Which numbers of bears can they share so that there are none left over?
problem
The set of numbers

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you place the numbers from 1 to 10 in the grid?
problem
Same length trains

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?
problem
Clapping times

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?
problem
Sorting numbers

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you sort numbers into sets? Can you give each set a name?
problem
Lots of biscuits!

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Help share out the biscuits the children have made.
problem
I like ...

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?
problem
Our numbers

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?