Page 24 - Numeracy Skills

COVER UP

• Children work individually with their 6 bricks.
• Teacher gives the following instructions:

- Place a blue brick on the table.
- Cover 2 studs on the blue brick with the red
brick.
- Cover another 2 studs on the blue brick with
yellow brick - without your model falling over.
- Use the green brick to cover 3 studs on either
of the top 2 bricks (not on the blue brick).
The model must not fall over.
- Use the orange brick to cover 4 studs on the
green brick. The model must not fall over.
- Take your last brick and cover 2 bricks on the
orange brick so that the model doesn’t fall over.

Q: Where you able to complete the task?
Q: Did your model fall over?
Q: Can you work out how many studs are
covered in total?

COVER UP TWO

• Children work individually with their 6 bricks.
• Teacher gives the following instructions:

- You are going to cover up all 8 studs on
one brick.
- Place a blue brick on the table in front of you.
- Using the red brick cover 2 studs on the
blue brick.
- Using the yellow brick cover 4 studs on the
blue brick.
- Using the orange brick cover 2 studs on the
blue brick.
- If you cannot complete the last step can
you make a change to one other brick to
complete the activity?

Q: How many studs have you covered on the
blue brick?
Q: Can you look at the models your friends
have built?
Q: Are they the same shape?

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