Year 6 Being Collaborative

Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

Add or subtract the two numbers on the spinners and try to complete a row of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?

Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?

How do you know if your set of dominoes is complete?

Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

Amy's mum had given 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?

Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?

There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.

Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?

Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?

The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.

A task involving the equivalence between fractions, percentages and decimals which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?

Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?

Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.

Can you find pairs of differently sized windows that cost the same?

These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?

How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?

Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?