May 2009 Front Page

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.

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This month's mathematical theme is Representing:

Representations play a key role in problem-solving. When confronted by a mathematical situation, we often need to represent it in some way (for example pictures, diagrams and symbols) to help us make sense of it and move on. We also use representations to analyse and share outcomes. Often we need to make sense of other people's representations, such as their use of tables, diagrams or symbols.

The Teachers' Notes accompanying each problem are there to help give teachers an insight into how Representing might be promoted in their classrooms and lead to rich mathematical activity and discussion. A list of the themes of previous issues can be found here .

Solutions to the May problems will appear in June.

Recent news can be found here.