Being Resourceful - Lower Primary Number
Five Steps to 50
Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
Biscuit Decorations
Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?
Heads and Feet
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Ring a Ring of Numbers
Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.
The Tall Tower
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
More Numbers in the Ring
If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?
Dotty Six
Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.
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Homes
Six new homes are being built! They can be detached, semi-detached or terraced houses. How many different combinations of these can you find?
Stairs
This challenge is to design different step arrangements, which must go along a distance of 6 on the steps and must end up at 6 high.
Train Carriages
Suppose there is a train with 24 carriages which are going to be put together to make up some new trains. Can you find all the ways that this can be done?