Exploring and noticing

Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?

Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.

Some children were playing a game. Make a graph or picture to show how many ladybirds each child had.

Can you cover the camel with these pieces?

Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.

Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?

Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

An old game with lots of arithmetic!