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Across Australia and around the world, lots of kids are staying home to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Here are a whole bunch of fun maths activities to keep you busy!

Geometry

A mathematical bauble
Make a beautiful ball with paper and scissors
Climb through a hole in a sheet of paper
Learn a clever trick to put a big hole in a small piece of paper
Folding a piece of paper in half
Have a go at that old question – how many times can you fold a piece of paper in half?
Two coloured drawings
A bit of maths and a lot of creativity will make some amazing art
Tessellating tiles
Make your own artistic repeating patterns, like Escher
 

Number

Maya numbers
The Maya people wrote numbers in an interesting way
Inca quipu numbers
Find out how Incas wrote numbers using knots in string
Count to a million
Got lots of time on your hands? Find out how long it takes to count to one million
Make a pi necklace
A mathematical fashion statement
Caesar cipher
This mathematical code is thousands of years old
 

Fun and games

Guess Who’s my number?
Give an old copy of Guess Who a mathematical makeover
Play Scopa
This card game is packed with numbers
A game of Sprouts
Some fun maths will help you win this tricky game
Sliding block puzzle
Grab some dominos and build this sliding puzzle
Liar’s dice
Round up your whole family and see who’s the best liar

Looking for more activities?

Don’t want to stop there? Pick up our Hands-On Science set. These books are packed with 100 fun DIY experiments and activities from the Double Helix team!