Year 5 Conjecturing and generalising

  • Dicey Array
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    Dicey Array

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    5 to 11
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    Watch the video of this game being played. Can you work out the rules? Which dice totals are good to get, and why?

  • Shadow Play
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    Shadow Play

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    5 to 11
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    Here are shadows of some 3D shapes. What shapes could have made them?

  • A section of a bracelet made of colourful beads.
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    Bracelets

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    7 to 11
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    Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?

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    Sweets in a Box

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    7 to 11
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    How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?

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    Abundant Numbers

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    7 to 11
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    48 is called an abundant number because it is less than the sum of its factors (without itself). Can you find some more abundant numbers?

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    Flashing Lights

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    7 to 11
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    Norrie sees two lights flash at the same time, then one of them flashes every 4th second, and the other flashes every 5th second. How many times do they flash together during a whole minute?

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    Which Is Quicker?

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    7 to 11
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    Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?

  • Odd Squares
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    Odd Squares

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    7 to 11
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    Think of a number, square it and subtract your starting number. Is the number you're left with odd or even? How do the images help to explain this?

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    Up and Down Staircases

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    7 to 11
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    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?

  • Brush Loads
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    Brush Loads

    Age
    7 to 11
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    How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

  • Tug Harder!
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    More Tug of War

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    7 to 11
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    In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?

  • Three Dice
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    Three Dice

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    7 to 11
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    Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?

  • Area and perimeter
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    Area and Perimeter

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    7 to 11
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    What can you say about these shapes? This problem challenges you to create shapes with different areas and perimeters.

  • Multiply Multiples 1
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    Multiply Multiples 1

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    7 to 11
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    Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?

  • Multiply Multiples 2
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    Multiply Multiples 2

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    7 to 11
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    Can you work out some different ways to balance this equation?

  • Round the Dice Decimals 2
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    Round the Dice Decimals 2

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    7 to 11
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    What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?

  • Multiply Multiples 3
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    Multiply Multiples 3

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    7 to 11
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    Have a go at balancing this equation. Can you find different ways of doing it?

  • Division Rules
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    Division Rules

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    7 to 11
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    This challenge encourages you to explore dividing a three-digit number by a single-digit number.

  • Roman Numerals
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    Roman Numerals

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Can you find some examples when the number of Roman numerals is fewer than the number of Arabic numerals for the same number?

  • Satisfying Four Statements
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    Satisfying Four Statements

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    7 to 11
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    Can you find any two-digit numbers that satisfy all of these statements?

  • Tumbling Down
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    Tumbling Down

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Watch this animation. What do you see? Can you explain why this happens?

  • Guess What?
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    Guess What?

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Can you find out which 3D shape your partner has chosen before they work out your shape?

  • Making Boxes
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    Making Boxes

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?

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    Reach 100

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    7 to 11
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    Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.

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    Two Primes Make One Square

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?

  • Six Ten Total
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    Six Ten Total

    Age
    7 to 11
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    This challenge combines addition, multiplication, perseverance and even proof.

  • Subtraction Surprise
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    Subtraction Surprise

    Age
    7 to 14
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    Try out these calculations. Are you surprised by the results?

  • Cubes within Cubes
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    Cubes Within Cubes

    Age
    7 to 14
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    We start with one yellow cube and build around it to make a 3×3×3 cube with red cubes. Then we build around that red cube with blue cubes and so on. How many cubes of each colour have we used?

  • Factors and Multiples Game
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    Factors and Multiples Game

    Age
    7 to 16
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    A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

  • Xavi's T-shirt
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    Xavi's T-Shirt

    Age
    7 to 16
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    How much can you read into a T-shirt?