Visualising and representing

  • Eggs in Baskets
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    Eggs in Baskets

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    5 to 7
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    There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?

  • Olympic rings
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    Olympic Rings

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    5 to 7
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    Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

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    The Amazing Splitting Plant

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    5 to 7
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    Can you work out how many flowers there will be on the Amazing Splitting Plant after it has been growing for six weeks?

  • Always, Sometimes or Never?
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    Always, Sometimes or Never?

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    5 to 11
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    Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

  • swimming pool
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    Swimming Pool

    Age
    5 to 11
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    In this problem, we're investigating the number of steps we would climb up or down to get out of or into the swimming pool. How could you number the steps below the water?

  • Fraction Match
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    Fraction Match

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    5 to 11
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    A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

  • If the World Were a Village
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    If the World Were a Village

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    5 to 11
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    This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

  • Take three numbers
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    Take Three Numbers

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    5 to 11
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    What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

  • How would we count?
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    How Would We Count?

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    5 to 11
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    An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.

  • That number square
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    That Number Square

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?