Strike it out
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Number match
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Fraction match
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
If the world were a village
This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?
Ordering cards
4 dom
A puzzling cube
Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?
Square corners
What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?
Number differences
Real statistics
Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?
Magic Vs
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
Coded hundred square
How do you do it?
This group activity will encourage you to share calculation strategies and to think about which strategy might be the most efficient.
Planning a school trip
Stick images
This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
Journeys in Numberland
Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number of points each of their routes scores.
Take three numbers
What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?
Matching fractions
Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.
How many times?
On a digital 24 hour clock, at certain times, all the digits are consecutive. How many times like this are there between midnight and 7 a.m.?
Sealed solution
Got it
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Two clocks
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
How much did it cost?
Use your logical thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice cream cost altogether.
Arranging cubes
A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.
The time is ...
Roll these dice
Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?
Three neighbours
Domino square
5 on the clock
Board block challenge
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
Inky cube
This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?
Dice in a corner
How could you arrange at least two dice in a stack so that the total of the visible spots is 18?
Watch the clock
During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?