Numbers

This is classic Alex, he has produced these kind of numeral pictures since an early age [img]https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png[/img]
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Wow that's fab. Hope you've got it up on the fridge!

I've got lots of Alex's things all over my walls in my study!
It actually continues on the other side and goes up to 43,000! [img]https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png[/img]

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Looks very familiar! Actually, Osc does do exactly the same sort of picture as Alex, even down to the colour change but I can't seem to find any (packed away in a box somewhere). He is a bit more into his times tables these days, I'm slowly learning to love multiples!

Have you seen Cambridge University's Nrich programme? They publish downloadable maths problems for children of all ages and abilities every month. Oscar loves them http://nrich.maths.org/public/

Since Alex is clearly very number-oriented I highly recommend "Think of a Number" by Johnny Ball. It's a very visual and fun look at numbers including the history of numbers, how numbers are written round the world and some great bits on the discovery of mathematical theorems. Oscar adores that book, he still spends hours poring over it, even after having it for about three years.

Just showed my Osc this and he was fascinated by Alex's picture. Suddenly he said "Oh, there's something strange about when it gets to a thousand. Up to a thousand it goes up in tens then after it goes up in hundreds!"

I would never have spotted that in a million years.