Being curious

What do you see as you watch this video? Can you create a similar video for the number 12?

Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

In this town, houses are built with one room for each person. There are some families of seven people living in the town. In how many different ways can they build their houses?

Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?

Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?

Can you create symmetrical designs by cutting a square into strips?