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Geometry Games

Board Block for Two

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?

Board Block

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

Tantrix Discovery

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

A fun puzzle with tantrix tiles.

Seeing Squares

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Seeing Squares for Two

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?

Seeing Parallelograms

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

Put Yourself in a Box

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for 2 players. Given a board of dots in a grid pattern, players take turns drawing a line by connecting 2 adjacent dots. Your goal is to complete more squares than your opponent.

Penta Play

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A shape and space game for 2, 3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board.

Coordinate Cunning

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for two people that can be played with pencils and paper. Combine your knowledge of coordinates with some strategic thinking.

Seeing Rhombuses

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

Board Block Challenge for Two

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Board Block Challenge game for an adult and child. Can you prevent your partner from being able to make a shape?

Board Block Challenge

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

Estimating Angles

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

How good are you at estimating angles?

Colouring Curves Game

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

In this game, try not to colour two adjacent regions the same colour. Can you work out a strategy?

Troublesome Triangles

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Many natural systems appear to be in equilibrium until suddenly a critical point is reached, setting up a mudslide or an avalanche or an earthquake. In this project, students will use a simple simulation game to investigate the properties of such systems.

Sprouts

Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for 2 people. Take turns joining two dots, until your opponent is unable to move.

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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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