Year 2 Exploring and noticing

Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

Which two butterfly numbers add to make the flower number of 15? What about 16?

Kimie and Sebastian were lining up sticks of lengths two and three. What lengths could they make their lines?

Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.

Some children were playing a game. Make a graph or picture to show how many ladybirds each child had.

Can you cover the camel with these pieces?

Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner does?

Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

What patterns can you make with a set of dominoes?

Can you work out what shape is made when this piece of paper is folded up using the crease pattern shown?

Have a go at making a few of these shapes from paper in different sizes. What patterns can you create?

Order these four calculations from easiest to hardest. How did you decide?

Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?

Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 so that the sum of each side of the triangle equals the number in its centre.

In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?

Which domino pieces would go in the middle to complete the number patterns?

Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

Jack's mum used the same candles on his and his sister Kate's birthday cakes. When was Kate born?

On a farm there were some animals with 8 heads and 22 feet altogether. How many hens were there?

What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

There are ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots in this garden. What numbers of total spots can you make?

There are three baskets holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?

As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. How many can you collect?

The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?

Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?

Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?