The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice. More information on many of our other activities can be found here .
On this website you will find thousands of our free mathematics enrichment materials (problems, articles and games) for teachers and learners from ages 5 to 19 years. All the resources are designed to develop subject knowledge, problem-solving and mathematical thinking skills. The website is updated with new material on the first day of every month.
For guidance on how to find the right resources for you, go to the Help section of the site.
This month
This month's mathematical theme continues to be analysing. All the problems and resources this month offer opportunities to think about, and practise, aspects of problem solving, such as making connections, using knowledge of similar problems, visualising and making and justifying conjectures. The 'Notes' accompanying each problem are there to help give teachers an insight into how 'analysing' might happen in the classroom. A list of the themes of previous issues can be found here .
In particular:
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new section of the
NRICH website: bioNRICH .
This is a section of NRICH devoted to the mathematics underlying
the study of biology, in all of its wonderful diversity. On the
bioNRICH pages we provide rich, stimulating mathematical material
in which this connection is highlighted and explored. There are
over 30 new rich problems
, 9 of which are interactive, along with supporting articles and
notes. Why not take
a look?
Why not have a go at our December 'Making Maths' advent calendar ? Twenty four ideas for making maths practical.
Try December's Picture Puzzler .
News update
Ten million times mathematics For three months in a row hits to the site have exceeded 10 million.
More news here.
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