Being collaborative

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Making Rectangles

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
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Doughnut Percents

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Can you make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?
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Counting Cogs

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?
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Castles in the Middle

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.
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Method in Multiplying Madness?

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?
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Three Neighbours

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?
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Ten Hidden Squares

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

3 out of 3

These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?
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Inky Cube

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

3 out of 3

This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?
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Factors and Multiples Game

Age

7 to 16

Challenge level

1 out of 3

A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
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Which Solid?

Age

7 to 16

Challenge level

1 out of 3

This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.