Visualising and representing

There are 575 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing

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Regular rings 2

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

What shape is made when you fold using this crease pattern? Can you make a ring design?

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This task, written for the National Young Mathematicians' Award 2016, involves open-topped boxes made with interlocking cubes. Explore the number of units of paint that are needed to cover the boxes and the small cubes that would fit inside each one.

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Tangram browser

Explore our selection of interactive tangrams. Can you use the tangram pieces to re-create each picture?

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World of tan

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Read about the adventures of Granma T and her grandchildren in this series of stories, accompanied by interactive tangrams.

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Children's thinking

Dr Sue Gifford outlines different ways in which you might capture young children's mathematical thinking and how to send samples to NRICH.

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Young children's mathematical recording

In this article, Janine Davenall reflects on children's personalised mathematical recordings as part of a small research project based in her Reception class.