Reading, writing and representing numbers

An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.

What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?

Can you explain how Galley Division works?

Using balancing scales what is the least number of weights needed to weigh all integer masses from 1 to 1000? Placing some of the weights in the same pan as the object how many are needed?

The first part of an investigation into how to represent numbers using geometric transformations that ultimately leads us to discover numbers not on the number line.

What could these drawings, found in a cave in Spain, represent?