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More Upper Primary Activities Using Counters

Once you've taken a look at the activities in the Counters Feature, why not have a go at these activities, which also all use counters?

En-counters

Age 5 to 7
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This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

Counters in the Middle

Age 7 to 11
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This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.

Counting Counters

Age 7 to 11
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Take a counter and surround it by a ring of other counters that MUST touch two others. How many are needed?

Beads

Age 7 to 11
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Three beads are threaded on a circular wire and are coloured either red or blue. Can you find all four different combinations?

Make Pairs

Age 7 to 11
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Put 10 counters in a row. Find a way to arrange the counters into five pairs, evenly spaced in a row, in just 5 moves, using the rules.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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