Visualising and representing
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problemHow many pieces of string have been used in these patterns? Can you describe how you know? -
problemStart Cube Drilling
Imagine a 3 by 3 by 3 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will have holes drilled through them?
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problemSquare Surprise
Why do you think that the red player chose that particular dot in this game of Seeing Squares? -
problemHexPentas
How many different ways can you find of fitting five hexagons together? How will you know you have found all the ways?
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gameSeeing Squares for Two
Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?
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problemSweetie Box
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
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gamePumpkin Patch
A game for two players based on a game from the Somali people of Africa. The first player to pick all the other's 'pumpkins' is the winner.
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gameSeega
An ancient game for two from Egypt. You'll need twelve distinctive 'stones' each to play. You could chalk out the board on the ground - do ask permission first.
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gameAlquerque
This game for two, was played in ancient Egypt as far back as 1400 BC. The game was taken by the Moors to Spain, where it is mentioned in 13th century manuscripts, and the Spanish name Alquerque derives from the Arabic El- quirkat. Watch out for being 'huffed'.
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problemRod Area
This task challenges you to create symmetrical U shapes out of rods and find their areas.