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More Recording Lower Primary

Have a go at these activities and record your thinking in whatever way you like!

A City of Towers

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

In this town, houses are built with one room for each person. There are some families of seven people living in the town. In how many different ways can they build their houses?

Lots of Biscuits!

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Help share out the biscuits the children have made.

6 Beads

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?

Eggs in Baskets

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?

Lots of Lollies

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?

Beads and Bags

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

How could you put these three beads into bags? How many different ways can you do it? How could you record what you've done?

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Different Sizes

A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.

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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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