Visualising and representing

  • swimming pool
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    Swimming Pool

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

  • How do you see it?
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    How Do You See It?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

  • Doing and undoing
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    Doing and Undoing

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    An investigation looking at doing and undoing mathematical operations focusing on doubling, halving, adding and subtracting.

  • Make 37 Poster
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    Make 37

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Can you pick ten numbers from the bags so that their total is 37?

  • Odd times Even
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    Odd Times Even

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.