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These activities are part of our Primary collections, which are problems grouped by topic.
Using the picture of the fraction wall, can you find equivalent fractions?
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Watch the video to see how to fold a square of paper to create a flower. What fraction of the piece of paper is the small triangle?
Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.
What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?
Watch this animation. What do you see? Can you explain why this happens?
Can you match pairs of fractions, decimals and percentages, and beat your previous scores?
Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.
Andy had a big bag of marbles but unfortunately the bottom of it split and all the marbles spilled out. Use the information to find out how many there were in the bag originally.
Find the product of the numbers on the routes from A to B. Which route has the smallest product? Which the largest?
A task involving the equivalence between fractions, percentages and decimals which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Take turns to place a decimal number on the spiral. Can you get three consecutive numbers?
There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?
On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?
Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?
The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square hole for each. Use the information to find out how many discs of each colour there are in the box.
A 750 ml bottle of concentrated orange squash is enough to make fifteen 250 ml glasses of diluted orange drink. How much water is needed to make 10 litres of this drink?