Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?
Use the information about Sally and her brother to find out how many children there are in the Brown family.
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?
We can arrange dots in a similar way to the 5 on a dice and they usually sit quite well into a rectangular shape. How many altogether in this 3 by 5? What happens for other sizes?
The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems. Can you discover its value in each problem?
Amy's mum gave her £2.50 to spend. She bought four times as many pens as pencils and was given 40p change. How many of each did she buy?
Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?
One block is needed to make an up-and-down staircase, with one step up and one step down. How many blocks would be needed to build an up-and-down staircase with 5 steps up and 5 steps down?
