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'Pig' Dice Game

Best suited for First and Second Level

Pig is a dice game for two or more players. It's what's known as a jeopardy game, where you have to decide whether to jeopardise previous points gained by rolling again to gain even more points. As well as practicing basic maths skills counting up your scores, Pig teaches you to think strategically.

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'Dara' Strategy Game

Best suited for First, Second and Third Level

Dara is a row building game for two players from Northwest Africa, that encourages number sense, logical thinking and spacial perception. You will need 12 counters per player, plus a pen and some paper, or download or free playing sheet.

How to play 'Dara'
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Pi Necklace or Bracelet

Best suited for First, Second and Third Level

These Pi necklaces and bracelets are a fun way for children to learn about Pi and learn the first few digits. It's a great activity for encouraging fine motor skills too.

How to Make a Pi Day Necklace or Bracelet
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Number Doodles

Best suited for First and Second Level

Numerical doodles are a fun way for children to gain more confidence in recognising and naming numbers. Older learners can also still have fun getting creative. Try your hand at recreating our doodles, or create your own - what can you turn each number in to? We have a Christmas version in our seasonal Family Activities section too.

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Kelvingrove Park Maths Trails

Best suited for First and Second Level

If you live near Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow, turn your daily walk into an adventure solving problems and finding clues with these maths trails created by Anderston Primary School.

You can find some more trails near the school, plus an escape room to do at home or in the classroom, on the Anderston Primary School website.

Funding for the trails were from the Maths Week Scotland Small Grants Fund. Content for the day developed by school staff with support from the Parent Council.

Kelvingrove Park for Younger Children
Kelvingrove Park for Older Children
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Anderston Outdoor Maths Trails

Best suited for First and Second Level

If you live near Anderston Primary School in Glasgow, turn your daily walk into an adventure solving problems and finding clues with treasure trails created by Anderston Primary School. Find out how via the Anderston Primary School Website below. There are three different trails, for different ages, plus instructions on how to create your own. You will need to download the free Actionbound smart phone app.

(Please note that the option to win prizes is no longer active!)

Funding for the trails were from the Maths Week Scotland Small Grants Fund. Content for the day developed by school staff with support from the Parent Council.


Anderston Primary School Website
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Parent Club Maths Tips

Some tips from the Scottish Government's Parent Club on how to make maths homework fun, plus some suggestions for maths games to play together at home.

Parent Club Website
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Numberella and the Lost World of Sanakhte

Best Suited for First, Second and Third Level

Join Numberella, Ronnie Resist, Miss A Go and The Thief in an exciting interactive adventure that will take you deep into the jungle of the lost world of Meravilium. Use your maths skills to help the adventurers outwit the mysterious talking creatures who guard the great pyramid… and help them discover the secrets that lie inside!

There are two difficulty levels to choose from, one for the 7-10 age group and one for the 11-14 age group.

Play Numberella Level 1 (age 7-10)
Play Numberella Level 2 (age 11-14)
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Numberella: Kidnapped by the Meltz

Best Suited for First, Second and Third Level

The year is 2099. Numberella, Ronnie Resist and The Thief are in downtown Probabilium. Suddenly a space ship pulls up and emits a cloud of nerve gas. They fall to the ground, motionless. Hooded figures jump out and bundle them inside… Numberella, Ronnie and The Thief have been kidnapped by The Meltz! Your mission is to help the three friends escape the space ship and return safely to Earth. Buckle up, get your maths brains in gear and let’s go!

There are two difficulty levels to choose from, one for the 7-10 age group and one for the 11-14 age group.

Play Numberella: Kidnapped by the Meltz
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Code a Dancer with Scratch

Best suited for First, Second and Third Level

Try your hand at coding and bring a character to life with code in Scratch! Follow along with Claire Quigley from Glasgow Life to try the example below of a “Counting Sheep” to see how it’s done, or watch our video at scienceceilidh.com/codedance and then share your animation!

Content created by Science Ceilidh

Code a Dancer Instructions
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0maths

Best suited for First, Second and Third Level

Psychology-led maths platform with a particular emphasis on helping with and preventing maths anxiety. 0maths has difficulty levels, hints, worked solutions and a staggering variety of questions, including 35 ways to learn a times table, 24 exercises to learn number bonds, 48 fractions exercises, and nearly 500 other activities.

Visit 0maths Website
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My Maths Week Scotland Booklet

There's lots to do for families during Maths Week Scotland, from the events, activities and challenges you can find on our website, to getting busy with maths inspired games, arts, books and baking at home.

We've created a wee booklet for you, which you can print out and record all your Maths Week Scotland activities, plus a section to write about yourself and a couple of brain teasers to get you in the mood for maths.

Just print, fold, and you're good to go!

Download 'My Maths Week Scotland' Booklet
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7 Ways to Celebrate Pi Day

Pi Day (14th March) is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Here are seven fun ways to celebrate pi, on Pi Day or all year round.

7 Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
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Geometric Bat

Here's a simple but fun geometric puzzle activity to set up for kids, either as a non spooky alternative to Halloween or for bat lovers all year round. Cut out shapes from black paper and challenge kids to create a bat out of them.

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Cryptography Challenge

Best suited for First, Second and Third/Fourth Level

Five exhibits at National Museum of Scotland have been written in code! Can you use your code breaking skills to find out what they are? Or use the resources to create some challenges of your own.

Note: you don't need to be at the museum to solve the challenges.

Created by Open University Faculty of STEM

Download Cryptography Challenge
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I-Spy Halloween

Are you ready for some spooky counting fun? We've created a seasonal activity sheet for you, to keep the kids busy in the run up to Halloween. How many of each of the symbols can you find?

Download I-Spy Halloween Activity Sheet
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Maths Ceilidh

Best suited for First, Second and Third/Fourth Level

How can we use music and dance to explore mathematical concepts? We teamed up with Science Ceilidh to find out.

Get your dancing shoes on and explore symmetry and data collection through ceilidh dance. These activities can be done with a whole class, small groups or objects on a tabletop.

Lewis and Caity from Science Ceilidh show us how it is done.

Maths Ceilidh Resources

Maths in the Real World Resource Pack

This resource pack pulls together digital postcards, as well as videos and blog posts, that have been shared over the last four years of our Show Your Working campaign.
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#ShowYourWorking at National Museums Scotland

Best suited for First, Second and Third/Fourth Level

Staff across National Museums Scotland share how important maths is in their work as part of Maths Week Scotlands #ShowYourWorking campaign. Check out them out on Twitter

Why not have a go at some of the activities! Let us know how you get on @NMSEngage and @MathsWeekScot on Twitter.

#ShowYourWorking at National Museums Scotland

Maths in Motion Sports Quiz

Measurements, times, scores...numbers are everywhere in sport. Our sporty maths quiz challenges pupils to explore the maths behind different sports.
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Escape from Lochdonia Manor

Best suited for Second and Third Level

Use your logic, numeracy skills and your wits to escape Lochdonia Manor.

Work your way through the rooms, find the codes and defeat the guard!

Created by the Scottish Mathematical Council

Download Escape Room File
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Looking and Listening for the Beauty in Maths

Best suited for Second and Third/Fourth Level

This series of five videos focuses on the mathematics in Art and Music. Topics covered include rhythm, pentatonic scales, tiling and tessellation, and the works of Piet Mondrian.

Each video is accompanied by a brief description, any web-links referred to in the video and a list of key vocabulary to support planning and preparation.

Created by the Scottish Mathematical Council for Maths Week Scotland 2022

Looking and Listening for the Beauty in Maths