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  ### Making Maths: Birds from an Egg
  
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  Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?
  
  ### Making Tangrams
  
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  Here's a simple way to make a Tangram without any measuring or ruling lines.
  
  ### Making Maths: Rolypoly
  
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  Paint a stripe on a cardboard roll. Can you predict what will happen when it is rolled across a sheet of paper?
  
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  NRICH December 2006 advent calendar - a new tangram for each day in the run-up to Christmas.
  
  ### World of Tan 7 - Gat Marn
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this plaque design?
  
  ### World of Tan 11 - the Past, Present and Future
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the telescope and microscope?
  
  ### World of Tan 9 - Animals
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this goat and giraffe?
  
  ### Rearrange the Square
  
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  We can cut a small triangle off the corner of a square and then fit the two pieces together. Can you work out how these shapes are made from the two pieces?
  
  ### Building Patterns
  
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  Can you deduce the pattern that has been used to lay out these bottle tops?
  
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  Our 2008 Advent Calendar has a 'Making Maths' activity for every day in the run-up to Christmas.
  
  ### World of Tan 5 - Rocket
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the rocket?
  
  ### Six to Four
  
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  Move four sticks so there are exactly four triangles.
  
  ### World of Tan 2 - Little Ming
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming?
  
  ### Sizing Them Up
  
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  Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.
  
  ### World of Tan 3 - Mai Ling
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Mai Ling?
  
  ### Making Maths: Happy Families
  
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  Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.
  
  ### World of Tan 12 - All in a Fluff
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of these rabbits?
  
  ### World of Tan 14 - Celebrations
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming and Little Fung dancing?
  
  ### World of Tan 28 - Concentrating on Coordinates
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming playing the board game?
  
  ### World of Tan 27 - Sharing
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Fung at the table?
  
  ### World of Tan 26 - Old Chestnut
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this brazier for roasting chestnuts?
  
  ### World of Tan 29 - the Telephone
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this telephone?
  
  ### World of Tan 6 - Junk
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this junk?
  
  ### Jomista Mat
  
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  Looking at the picture of this Jomista Mat, can you decribe what you see? Why not try and make one yourself?
  
  ### World of Tan 4 - Monday Morning
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Wai Ping, Wah Ming and Chi Wing?
  
  ### World of Tan 25 - Pentominoes
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these people?
  
  ### World of Tan 24 - Clocks
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these clocks?
  
  ### World of Tan 18 - Soup
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of Mai Ling and Chi Wing?
  
  ### World of Tan 16 - Time Flies
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the candle and sundial?
  
  ### World of Tan 15 - Millennia
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the workmen?
  
  ### World of Tan 19 - Working Men
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this shape. How would you describe it?
  
  ### World of Tan 20 - Fractions
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the chairs?
  
  ### World of Tan 22 - an Appealing Stroll
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the child walking home from school?
  
  ### World of Tan 21 - Almost There Now
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the lobster, yacht and cyclist?
  
  ### Midpoint Triangle
  
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  Can you cut up a square in the way shown and make the pieces into a triangle?
  
  ### Happy Halving
  
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  Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?
  
  ### Clapping Times
  
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  If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?
  
  ### Tessellating Capitals
  
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  Have you ever tried tessellating capital letters? Have a look at these examples and then try some for yourself.
  
  ### Rectangles with Dominoes
  
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  Can you make a rectangle with just 2 dominoes? What about 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...?
  
  ### Music to My Ears
  
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  Can you predict when you'll be clapping and when you'll be clicking if you start this rhythm? How about when a friend begins a new rhythm at the same time?
  
  ### World of Tan 17 - Weather
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the watering can and man in a boat?
  
  ### Reef and Granny
  
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  Have a look at what happens when you pull a reef knot and a granny knot tight. Which do you think is best for securing things together? Why?
  
  ### Fencing
  
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  Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.
  
  ### World of Tan 1 - Granma T
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Granma T?
  
  ### Counting Counters
  
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  Take a counter and surround it by a ring of other counters that MUST touch two others. How many are needed?
  
  ### World of Tan 13 - A Storm in a Tea Cup
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of these convex shapes?
  
  ### Counter Ideas
  
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  Here are some ideas to try in the classroom for using counters to investigate number patterns.
  
  ### Factors and Multiples Game for Two
  
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  Factors and Multiples game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you win this game?
  
  ### World of Tan 8 - Sports Car
  
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  Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this sports car?
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