Being resourceful

  • Area and perimeter
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    Area and Perimeter

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

  • Jumping
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    Jumping

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    After training hard, these two children have improved their results. Can you work out the length or height of their first jumps?

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    Class 5's Names

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Class 5 were looking at the first letter of each of their names. They created different charts to show this information. Can you work out which member of the class was away on that day?

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    Our Sports

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This problem explores the range of events in a sports day and which ones are the most popular and attract the most entries.

  • Round a hexagon
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    Round a Hexagon

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This problem shows that the external angles of an irregular hexagon add to a circle.

  • Matching fractions
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    Matching Fractions

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.

  • Let us divide!
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    Let Us Divide!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?

  • Olympic Starters
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    Olympic Starters

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

  • Domino sets
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    Domino Sets

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

  • A yellow bag containing some threes.
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    Play to 37

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In this game the winner is the first to make the total 37. Is this a fair game?