Past Primary Student Features
Getting to Know Your Quadrilaterals
The problems and games in this feature for Primary students will challenge you to visualise quadrilaterals.
Playing with Coins and Mathematical Sudokus
In this feature for Primary students, we challenge you to solve our Mathdokus, mathematical versions of the well-known Sudoku.
Perusing Patterns
The tasks in this feature for Primary students will give you the chance to identify, copy and extend patterns, as well as to create your own, which will help you think mathematically.
Shape Your Proof
In this feature for Primary students, we offer geometrical tasks which give you the chance to notice patterns, make conjectures and create convincing mathematical arguments.
I Like to Prove It!
The tasks in this feature give you the chance to identify patterns, make conjectures and then create mathematical arguments that will convince even a mathematician!
Digging Into Geometry
Dig deeply into geometrical ideas by having a go at the tasks in this Primary student feature.
Digging Into Number
The tasks in this Primary student feature give you the chance to dig deeply into maths, particularly number and calculation.
Can You Play Strategically?
These games will encourage you to play strategically. Can you think ahead and modify your tactics as you go along?
Diving into Factors and Multiples
The activities in this Primary feature will help you get more of a 'feel' for numbers, in particular for factors and multiples.
Delving Into Data
The tasks in this feature for primary students give you the chance to interrogate data as well as come up with your own questions to investigate.
Balancing
The activities in this feature for primary students will help you deepen your understanding of what it means when we say that two amounts are equal.
Shape Your Thinking
These activities will encourage you to think flexibly about shape, position and movement (geometry).
Which Way?
The tasks in this feature encourage you to make a deliberate choice about the way you solve a calculation.
Becoming a Better Mathematician
In this feature we have brought together groups of linked tasks, which will help you develop the five key ingredients that make successful mathematicians.
Matching Pairs
The matching pairs games in this feature give you the chance to compare amounts represented in different ways.
Playing with Cuisenaire
The activities in this feature all make use of Cuisenaire rods. We hope you enjoy being playful with the rods as they help you uncover and connect some important mathematical ideas.
From Playing to Explaining
The tasks in this feature encourage you to play and explore, then think deeply about the mathematical ideas underneath.
Mathematical Wizardry
The tasks in this feature all contain tricks that use maths, not magic, to make them work!
What Is the Question?
The tasks in this feature are all about practising times tables, but with a difference...
Is There a Better Way?
This feature includes tasks which have multiple routes to the solution. We hope this will make you curious about finding different approaches!
Ways of Showing
The problems in this feature give you chance to consider different ways of showing (or representing) your thinking.
Interactivities to Make You Inquisitive
These activities all have interactive elements to arouse your curiosity!
New to You?
We hope the new ideas and situations in these activities will make you curious to know more.
Take a Fresh Look
These problems invite you to look again at ideas you may think you know inside-out.
Surprise!
The activities in this feature for primary students may give a surprising outcome!
I Wonder ...?
Have you ever started a mathematics task and then stopped and wondered about something in it? We think these tasks might make you do this.
Maths Explorers
Are you a maths detective? Choose a task and use your mathematical skills to solve the problem.
Codebreakers
Can you crack the code, solve the puzzle and think like a mathematician? Have a go at one of our puzzles and send us your solution.
Learning from Other People's Starting Points
In this feature, you can see how some children started each task, but this isn't because we want to give away the solutions!
Learning from Other People's Starting Points
In this feature, you can see how some children started each task. This isn't because we want to give away the solutions!
Happy Birthday NRICH!
To celebrate NRICH's 20th birthday, we have brought together some tasks from NRICH which you might not have come across before. We might call them 'hidden gems'!
Happy Birthday NRICH!
To celebrate NRICH's 20th birthday, we have brought together some tasks from NRICH which you might not have come across before. We might call them 'hidden gems'!
Mathematical Habits of Mind
These activities will help you to be curious, thoughtful, collaborative and determined.
Mathematical Habits of Mind
These activities will help you to be curious, thoughtful, collaborative and determined.
Olympic Maths
To celebrate the 2016 Olympic Games, why not have a go at these maths and sport challenges?
Olympic Maths
Celebrate the 2016 Olympics by having a go at these sports and maths challenges for upper primary students.
Play to Win
Can you find a winning strategy for each of the games in this feature? Do you notice anything that is the same about the games?
Play to Win
This feature brings together some strategy games from the Play to Win pathway on Wild Maths.
Open Spaces
In this feature, we give you some starting points for mathematical investigation. What can you discover?
Open Spaces
This feature brings together some resources from the Open Spaces pathway on Wild Maths.
Jump Into Geometry
These lower primary tasks all involve geometry - describing and sorting shapes, turning (or angles) and pattern.
Jump Into Geometry
These upper primary tasks all involve geometry - describing, constructing, reflecting, rotating or translating shapes along with angles.
Puzzling with Paper
This feature challenges you to create different shapes by folding A-sized paper. Grab some paper and get folding!
Puzzling with Paper
This feature brings together tasks which focus on paper folding. Have a go!
And Another ...
This tasks each give you a chance to transfer your thinking from one example, to another, to another ...
Generalising and Proof
This feature will help you build up to generalising and, ultimately, proving.
The National Young Mathematicians' Award
These tasks are great preparation for the Young Mathematicians' Award.
The National Young Mathematicians' Award
This feature brings together tricky tasks which have been created for the Young Mathematicians' Award. Be prepared to get stuck in!
Reasoning
These activities will give you chance to use mathematical reasoning in different ways.
Reasoning
Have a go at these activities which will give you chance to reason in different ways and for different purposes.
Trial and Improvement
The tasks in this lower primary feature lend themselves to being solved by trial and improvement.
Trial and Improvement
The tasks in this upper primary feature lend themselves to being solved by trial and improvement.
Thinking Differently
You'll need to think a little differently to have a go at the challenges in this feature. Don't be afraid to have a go and try something out!
What's Algebra All About?
Try these activities to find out more about what it means to be thinking algebraically.
Cubes
The activities in this feature all use interlocking cubes to help you think mathematically.
Cubes
This feature brings together activities which all use cubes to support your thinking.
Number Facts
This feature gathers together activities which will help you get better at knowing and using number facts.
Number Sense and Place Value
This lower primary feature focuses on number sense and place value.
Number Sense and Place Value
This upper primary feature focuses on developing your sense of number and getting to grips with place value.
Approaching Midnight
This feature focuses on a strategy game for you to explore in depth.
Geoboards
This lower primary feature brings together activities which make use of geoboards.
Strategy Games
Playing these upper primary strategy games will help improve your logical thinking skills.
Number Patterns
Explore these lower primary activities which focus on making, recognising and continuing number patterns.
Number Patterns
This collection of upper primary activities focus on making, recognising, continuing and explaining number patterns.
Getting Better at Group Work
Have a go at these lower primary activities to improve your group-working skills.
Getting Better at Group Work
Have a go at these upper primary activities to improve your group-working skills.
Recording
These upper primary activities have been chosen to give you chance to record in whatever way you like.
Recording
Have a go at these activities and don't be afraid to record in whatever way you like.
Working Systematically
Having an order or pattern to the way you work will really help with these activities.
Working Systematically
Working in a systematic way is a very useful skill. Have a go at these activities.
Playing with Dice
We're starting the school year with some of our favourite dice activities.
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Digging Into Geometry
Dig deeply into geometrical ideas by having a go at the tasks in this Primary student feature.
More Playing with Numbers Upper Primary
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