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Mathematics and numeracy

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French vocabulary for numbers and shapes.

PDF: Vocabulary for numbers (94 KB)PDF: Vocabulary for shapes (78 KB)PDF: Write the numbers in French (101 KB)

Learning about ancient Egyptian numbers.

PDF: Calculations with hieroglyphics (112 KB)
Egyptian number system

Take the Great Egyptian Number Challenge and help the pharaoh build a pyramid with these activities on the Children's University website.

Resources for patterns and tiles.
Pattern in Islamic art

Free downloads for educational use of more than 4,000 images of patterns and other design features drawn from the cultural heritage of the Islamic world, as well as historical details, a glossary and diagrams and drawings.

Islamic patterns
Plain patterns for learners to download and print from The David Collection website, an online resource from a Danish museum.
Tilling search

Online database with a comprehensive collection of geometric tiling patterns.

Scale and the Great Pyramid
Scale model of the Great Pyramid

Instructions and patterns on the Public Broadcasting Service website to help you make a model of the Great Pyramid of Giza.