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  • Prompt Cards
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    Prompt cards

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    These two group activities use mathematical reasoning - one is numerical, one geometric.

  • Cereal Packets
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    Cereal packets

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?
  • Multilink Cubes
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    Multilink cubes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
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    Geoboards

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This practical challenge invites you to investigate the different squares you can make on a square geoboard or pegboard.
  • Integrated sums sudoku
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    Integrated sums Sudoku

    The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on the intersections between two diagonally adjacent squares.

  • Maths Trails
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    Maths trails

    The NRICH team are always looking for new ways to engage teachers and pupils in problem solving. Here we explain the thinking behind maths trails.
  • Corresponding Sudokus
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    Corresponding Sudokus

    This second Sudoku article discusses "Corresponding Sudokus" which are pairs of Sudokus with terms that can be matched using a substitution rule.

  • The Naked Pair in Sudoku
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    The naked pair in Sudoku

    A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.