Year 2 Being collaborative

In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?

Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in each case to complete the pattern of these eight sets of three dominoes?

Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?

In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.

In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?

Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?

Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?

Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.

What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?

What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?

Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

Have a look at these photos of different fruit. How many do you see? How did you count?

Ben has five coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?

There were cola bottles for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, marshmallow twists for 5p and lollipops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?

A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?