Place a symbol between the four and the five to get a number greater than four and less than five.
Allow two trains to pass by using the limited amount of siding space.
Draw a picture of a Christmas tree using only square numbers.
Make up real life stories for the given calculations.
Be creative and come up with as many facts about a number as you can think of.
How can you put the dice into the tins so that there is an odd number of dice in each tin?
Turn mathematical words into designs which will help you remember the meanings of the words.
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