Being curious

  • Division Rules
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    Division Rules

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This challenge encourages you to explore dividing a three-digit number by a single-digit number.

  • Name That Triangle!
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    Name That Triangle!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you sketch triangles that fit in the cells in this grid? Which ones are impossible? How do you know?

  • Less is More
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    Less Is More

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

  • Digit Discovery
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    Digit Discovery

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here is an interesting property about two sets of digits. Can you work out what the digits might be?

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    Hunting for Averages

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find the missing number(s)? The square is the average (mean) of the numbers surrounding it.

  • Pouring Problem
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    Pouring Problem

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What do you think is going to happen in this video clip? Are you surprised?

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    Round and Round the Circle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.

  • Amy's Dominoes
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    Amy's Dominoes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?

  • Twenty Divided into Six
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    Twenty Divided Into Six

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?

  • Shapes on the Playground
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    Shapes on the Playground

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Sally and Ben were drawing shapes in chalk on the school playground. Can you work out what shapes each of them drew using the clues?