Suggested list of mathematical equipment

Number

• number lines, strips, abacus and rubber stamp abacus
• magnetic board strips
• counters, beads, string, buttons, Unifix cubes, spools and sorting trays
• Dienes blocks, Cuisenaire rods
• pegboards and pegs
• number ladder
• story of 10 boards
• hundred square (with and without numbers)
• fraction, decimal, percentage walls
• number slabs
• number balance
• playing-cards and dominoes
• notation boards

Shape and space

• 2-D and 3-D shapes, geo-boards, tangrams, geo-strips
• direction compass
• set-squares, clinometer
• blackboard compass, set-squares and protractor
• 360° and 180° protractors
• gummed paper, paper shapes
• construction straws
• construction kits

Measures (standard and non-standard)

Length

• unmarked sticks, metre stick, half and quarter-metre sticks, trundlewheel, height chart, tape measures, rulers, ribbon or string
• bamboo poles

Weight

• balance, kitchen scales and bathroom scales, weights, spring balance

Capacity

• litre, half and quarter-litre containers, varied collection of containers for comparison

Time

• clock faces and rubber stamps, clock (analogue and digital)
• calendar and date stamps
• sequencing pictures

Money

• facsimile money, money stamps

General mathematical equipment

• Lego, books and games
• water or sand tray
• scissors (left and right-handed)
• magnifying glass, magnets, microscope
• rain gauge, barometer and thermometer
• overhead projector
• television and video programmes
• computer programs
• calculators
• selection of dice