Exploring and noticing

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

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.

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

Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?

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?

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?

Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

You have two sets of the digits 0-9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?

This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?

There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...