Week beginning August13th - Foundation to Year 2

Numbers as Shapes 

Here are the numbers 1 to 6 drawn using coloured squares:

We can call these numbers squares, rectangles or sticks.

1 is a square but just a single one.

• We can't make 2 into a square so 2 is a stick.
• We can't make 3 into a square or a rectangle so 3 can only be a stick.
• We can make 4 into a square.
• We can't make 5 into a square or a rectangle, so 5 can only be a stick.
• We can't make 6 into a square, but we can make 6 into a rectangle.

If you had 7 yellow squares, what could you make them into? A square, a rectangle or a stick? How about 8 squares?

Try this with the numbers up to and including 20.

• Which ones can only be sticks?
• Which ones can make rectangles?
• Which ones are squares?
• What do you notice?