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Print it Out (5-7)

These tasks for 5 to 7 year olds are part of our Maths at Home feature and you can see all the tasks for this age group here. To get the most of the activities below, you'll need to able to print. (The stars give an indication of challenge level, from one star to three stars.)

Robot Monsters

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.

Incey Wincey Spider for Two

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Incey Wincey Spider game for an adult and child. Will Incey get to the top of the drainpipe?

Guess the Houses for Two

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Guess the Houses game for an adult and child. Can you work out which house your partner has chosen by asking good questions?

Butterfly Flowers

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

Wallpaper

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

Totality for Two

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Totality game for an adult and child. Be the first to reach your agreed total.

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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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