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The following resource materials are suitable for use by 12 (and 13) year-olds as well as more able 10 & 11 year-olds. (Older students may find some of them of interest.) Clicking on the links opens up the pdf file |
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| Above or below | Can you fathom out why the alphabet has been sorted in some rather strange ways ? | Shape-sorting, reflection, rotation, problem-solving | |||
| Addition against the clock | How quickly can you add ? | Addition | |||
| Angles | Estimating and measuring angles - how accurate are you ? | Measuring angles, subtraction | |||
| Block%ages | Estimating percentages of shaded blocks | Measuring, percentages | |||
| Box clever | Fill in the boxes in these tricky equations | Addition, subtraction | |||
| Circle Angles | Investigating angles within a sector | Measuring angles | |||
| Circle Angles 2 | A further investigation of angles within a sector | Measuring angles | |||
| Circle Patterns | Make a host of fascinating patterns using just circles and straight lines | Using compasses | |||
| Circles | A page full of circles to use with the above investigations | ||||
| Coloured cube | Mentally manipulate the coloured cube to see what's possible and what's not. | Three-dimensional shapes, problem-solving | |||
| Cube-nets | Will the nets shown fold to make a cube - or will you come unstuck ? | Nets, problem-solving | |||
| Dice | Can you predict which number combinations will come up most often ? | Addition, problem-solving | |||
| Divisibility | How can you tell if one number is divisible by another number ? | Addition, subtraction, division | |||
| Extra extra! | Can you explain where the extra square comes from in this illusion ? | Problem-solving | |||
| Fascinating facts | Manipulate numbers to see what you can discover | Addition, subtraction, multiplication, simple algebra | |||
| Grand Designs | Rearrange the numbers 1 - 9 for maximum effect | Multiplication, addition, problem-solving | |||
| Hanoi Tower | A traditional puzzle to develop problem-solving skills | Problem-solving | |||
| Hanoi Pieces | Cut-out pieces to help you solve the Hanoi Tower puzzle in hands-on fashion | ||||
| Jigsaw Pieces | Investigating the variety of different jigsaw pieces. | Problem-solving | |||
| Knight Moves | Can you keep track of the maths as you move a knight around a chessboard | Addition, division, problem-solving | |||
| Magic Matrix | Can you work out how the numbers you choose always add up to the same total ? | Addition, problem-solving | |||
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| Mobius Magic | A practical "paste and cut" activity that yields some weird results | Problem-solving | |||
| Number Square | Learn the "trick" of arranging numbers on a 3x3 grid to form a magic square | Addition, problem-solving | |||
| On line | Estimating and measuring line-length | Estimating length, measuring, mean, median, mode | |||
| Painted cube | Mentally deconstruct the cube to work out what goes where | Problem-solving, number sequences, simple algebra | |||
| Pentominoes | Can you discover all the different Pentomino shapes ? | Problem-solving | |||
| Pentominoes 2 | Investigating the properties of the Pentomino pieces | Problem-solving, reflection, rotation | |||
| Petal Pattern | Draw a complicated pattern using just circles | Using compasses | |||
| Polygons | Investigating the properties of the angles in various polygons | Measuring angles, addition | |||
| Problems in the kitchen | 3 measuring and weighing problems where the maths is simple but lateral thinking is required | Addition, subtraction, problem-solving | |||
| Pretty Polyhedra | Investigating properties of the regular polyhedra solids | Problem-solving | |||
| Roman sums | Can you work out how to add & subtract Roman numerals ? | Problem-solving | |||
| Serious series sums | Can you work out how to find the sum of a series of numbers - and do it in a flash ? | Addition, subtraction, multiplication | |||
| Spreadsheet pies | Making pie-charts using spreadsheets | Data collection, simple IT skills | |||
| Square to zero | Choose a set of random numbers - then see how long it takes for them to disappear | Subtraction | |||
| Stars in their eyes | Join the dots to form simple stars | Problem-solving | |||
| Tiles | Arrange the tiles in a grid according to a set of given rules | Problem-solving | |||
| Tri-grids | Which of the given numbers adds up to the target sum ? | Addition | |||
| Tri-grids (decimals) | Which of the given decimal numbers adds up to the target sum ? | Addition of decimals | |||
| Tri-grids (fractions) | Which of the given fractions adds up to the target number ? | Addition of fractions | |||
| Tri-grids (percentages) | Which of the given percentages adds up to the target number ? | Addition | |||
| Tri-quivalents | Which of the given fractions adds up to the target number ? | Equivalent fractions, addition of fractions | |||
| Tri-quivalents (answers) | Answers to the above | ||||
| Volume | Can you work out the volume of some regular solids - and a few very irregular ones ? | Multiplication, problem-solving | |||
| Weigh to go | As a contestant on the quiz-show "The Golden Hour", could you win a bar of gold ? | Problem-solving (advanced) | |||
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The Brainiest, Insaniest, Ultimate Puzzle Book
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For more maths puzzles and problems visit You can even send in your own questions about maths to be answered by a team of experts. Suitable for ages 5 - adult.
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The Big Book of Mind-Bending Puzzles
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