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Exploring Numicon Shapes

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Exploring Numicon Shapes

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🔍 Part 1: Recognising Numicon Shapes

1. Circle the Numicon shape that has 5 holes:

Shape with 3 holes

Shape with 5 holes

Shape with 7 holes

2. Which number does a Numicon shape with 8 holes represent?

6

8

10

3. Tick all the numbers that have Numicon shapes:

2

15

4

9

4. The smallest Numicon shape has _____ hole(s).
5. The largest Numicon shape we learned about has _____ holes.

🎯 Part 2: Matching and Patterns

6. Draw a line to match each number to its Numicon shape description:
3
6
1
10
Shape with 10 holes
Shape with 1 hole
Shape with 6 holes
Shape with 3 holes
7. Which Numicon shape would you use to show the number of fingers on one hand?
8. What do you notice about the patterns in Numicon shapes? Write one thing you observed:

🌟 Part 3: Think and Explore

9. Draw your favourite Numicon shape in the box below and write its number:

My favourite Numicon shape represents the number: _____

10. If you could see a Numicon shape without counting each hole one by one, what would help you know the number quickly?

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