Uses 
Problem solving
 | PROBLEM SOLVING |  |
| Diagram & Visual Problems | Suggested Year Groups |
 Buried treasure | Years 5/6 |
| How many colours? | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Jigsaw shapes | All year groups |
| One, two & three | Years 1/2 |
| Fun with pentominoes | Years 3/4 |
| Cut a square | Year 5/6 |
| Multilink animals | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Building roads | Years 3/4 |
| Inzy Winzy spider | Years 1/2 |
| Tree house | Years 1/2 |
| Star puzzle | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Find my bone | Years 5/6 |
| Zero to ten | Foundation & Year 1 |
| Measuring tape | Years 5/6 |
| Making trains | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Narrowing the angle | Years 5/6 |
| House numbers | Years 3/4 |
| Tony's ice creams | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Cutting shapes | All year groups |
| Dominoes | Years 3/4 |
| Babes in the wood | Years 5/6 |
| Polygons | Years 5/6 |
| Assessment activity | All year groups |
| Finding All Possibilities | |
| Chicken & sheep | Years 3/4 |
| Help the elves | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Icecream delivery | Years 5/6 |
| Making 20p | Years 1/2 |
| Things with legs | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Tracksuits | Years 1/2 |
| Break it up | Foundation & Year 1 |
| Two hungry bugs | Years 3/4 |
| Three dice | Years 3/4 |
| Fatima's Flags | Years 3/4 |
| The wizard, the frogs & the wells | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Ladybird doubles | Foundation & Year 1 |
| Number puzzles | Years 1/2 |
| Doughnuts | Years 5/6 |
| Half-time score | Years 5/6 |
| Find the squares | Years 5/6 |
| Follow the yellow brick road | Years 5/6 |
| Fun with fishing | Foundation & Year 1 |
| Fruit salad | Years 3/4 |
| Fred & Bob | Years 3/4 |
| Car number plates | Years 3/4 |
| Goldilocks & the apples | Foundation & Year 1 |
| Card collections | Years 3/4 |
| Football cards | Years 3/4 |
| Key Stage 1 (buttons) | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Key Stage 1 (cars) | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Assessment activity | All year groups |
| Finding all possibilities lesson plans | All year groups |
| Finding Rules & Describing Patterns | |
| Decorating biscuits | Years 5/6 |
| Five & sevens | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Making patterns | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Money bags | Years 4/5/6 |
| Penny triangles | Years 3/4 |
| Visit the gym | Years 5/6 |
| Street party | Years 3/4 |
| Tennis tournament | Years 5/6 |
| Washing line | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Painted cubes | Years 3/4 |
| Investigating division | Years 5/6 |
| Counter patterns | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| What is the rule? | Years 5/6 |
| Regional chords | Years 5/6 |
| Ideas for patterns | Foundation & Year 1 |
| Flirty flies | Years 3/4 |
| Sweet jars | Years 3/4 |
| Pass the biscuits | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Red Riding Hood | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Money boxes | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Snowflakes | Years 5/6 |
| Dice patterns | Years 1/2 |
| Odd man out | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Chocolate fractions | Years 5/6 |
| Fish tanks | Years 3/4 |
| Dice totals | Years 5/6 |
| Assessment activities | All year groups |
| Finding rules & patterns lesson plan | All year groups |
| Logic | |
| How old? | Years 2/3/4 |
| Shopping queue | Years 3/4/5 |
| Tidy toys | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Find my number | Years 4/5/6 |
| Build a tower | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| School trip | Years 5/6 |
| Stick shapes 1 | Years 5/6 |
| Stick shapes 2 | Years 5/6 |
| Collecting cards | Years 3/4 |
| It's a way of thinking! | Years 5/6 |
| Usual suspects | Years 3/4 |
| A piece of cake | Years 5/6 |
| Lunchbox riddle | Years 5/6 |
| Pets | Years3/4 |
| Who am I? | Years 1/2/3 |
| Who is my brother? | Years 5/6 |
| An argument for discussion | Years 5/6 |
| Send in the clowns | Years 1/2/3 |
| Line it up | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Tug-of-war teams | Years 3/4 |
| Pink pants | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Freddie's fruits | Years 4/5/6 |
| Code cracker | Years 5/6 |
| Birthday presents | Years 3/4/5/6 |
| Shirt search | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Car park | Foundation & Years 1/2 |
| Assessment activity | All year groups |
| Logic lesson plans | All year groups |
Or download each set of problems as a pdf package:-
 |  Diagram & Visual Problems (pdf package) |
| Finding All Possibilities (pdf package) | |
| Finding Rules & Describing Patterns (pdf package) | |
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| Mathematical Challenges DCSF booklet |
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