Exploring and noticing

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    Clocks

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?

  • Transformations on a Pegboard
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    Transformations on a Pegboard

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?

  • Let Us Reflect
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    Let Us Reflect

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Where can you put the mirror across the square so that you can still "see" the whole square? How many different positions are possible?

  • Trebling
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    Trebling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

  • Fractional Triangles
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    Fractional Triangles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

  • How Big Are Classes 5, 6 and 7?
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    How Big Are Classes 5, 6 and 7?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Use the two sets of data to find out how many children there are in Classes 5, 6 and 7.

  • Brush Loads
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    Brush Loads

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

  • Real Statistics
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    Real Statistics

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?

  • Multiplication Square Jigsaw
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    Multiplication Square Jigsaw

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?

  • What's in the Box?
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    What's in the Box?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This big box multiplies anything that goes inside it by the same number. If you know the numbers that come out, what multiplication might be going on in the box?