Some of our mathematicians have been using dominos to practise our maths with. There is lots of maths in dominos - you have to know dot patterns, you can add the dots on the dominos to see how many dots on each one and we also worked out different ways you could make a certain number. Did you know you can make the number 7 with a 1 and 6, or a 2 and 5, or a 3 and 4. We also found out that it doesn't matter which way round you count the dots, you still get the same answer so 2 + 5 is the same as 5 + 2.
Maybe you could make your own dominos on paper (or print some off the internet) and try some games with them. Here is Paddy, Matthew and Rosalie playing the parking game. You have to park a domino car in each parking space but the dots on the domino have to match the number on the parking space! (Google domino activities and you'll get heaps of other ideas!)
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