Diamond Collector
In the context of a game, this NRICH maths problem invites students to identify straight lines and state their equations. Many students can identify some of the lines easily (e.g. horizontal), but there is an incentive to learn about 'harder' lines. Semi-regular Tessellations could provide a suitable challenge to students…
3/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Got It
GOT IT is an adding game from NRICH for two players. It is in a motivating context in which learners can apply basic addition and subtraction. You can play against the computer or with a friend. Start with the GOT IT target 23. The real challenge here is to find a winning strategy that always works and this involves conjecturing,…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Domino Sorting
This NRICH maths activity focuses on the importance of odds and evens. It will help learners become more familiar with odd and even numbers, and number bonds to five. Children will have to use their skills of sorting and classifying to produce results which will lead them to making hypotheses and challenging them to justify findings.
Incey Wincey Spider
This NRICH maths game is for two players and gives experience of moving along a number track. A more interesting version where the player has to land exactly on the end of the drain pipe to win uses two dice and allows the players to make decisions on which dice score to use. It can be a precursor to the introduction of negative…
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The Twelve Pointed Star
This maths game from NRICH offers a good context in which to explore possible outcomes and to think systematically about what scores are possible in the game. It will be important for learners to develop a recording or listing system that they are happy with in order to find all the possible ways in which the different totals can…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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