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More Upper Primary Recording Mathematics

Here are some more upper primary activities which lend themselves to a focus on recording mathematics.

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?

Junior Frogs

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

Have a go at this well-known challenge. Can you swap the frogs and toads in as few slides and jumps as possible?

Let Us Divide!

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?

Andy's Marbles

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

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.

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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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