Sweetie Box
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?
Suppose there is a train with 24 carriages which are going to be put together to make up some new trains. Can you find all the ways that this can be done?
Place six toy ladybirds into the box so that there are two ladybirds in every column and every row.
Three children are going to buy some plants for their birthdays. They will plant them within circular paths. How could they do this?
A game for 2 people using a pack of cards. Turn over 2 cards and try to make an odd number or a multiple of 3.
A game for 2 players. Practises subtraction or other maths operations knowledge.
A game for 2 or more players with a pack of cards. Practise your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to hit the target score.
These two group activities use mathematical reasoning - one is numerical, one geometric.