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Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
An investigation that gives you the opportunity to make and justify predictions.
Look at three 'next door neighbours' amongst the counting numbers. Add them together. What do you notice?
There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Use the interactivity to help you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had.
Ben’s class were making cutting up number tracks. First they cut them into twos and added up the numbers on each piece. What patterns could they see?
What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.
56 406 is the product of two consecutive numbers. What are these two numbers?
Can you order the digits from 1-6 to make a number which is divisible by 6 so when the last digit is removed it becomes a 5-figure number divisible by 5, and so on?
Four of these clues are needed to find the chosen number on this grid and four are true but do nothing to help in finding the number. Can you sort out the clues and find the number?
What is the lowest number which always leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by each of the numbers from 2 to 10?
Norrie sees two lights flash at the same time, then one of them flashes every 4th second, and the other flashes every 5th second. How many times do they flash together during a whole minute?
Becky created a number plumber which multiplies by 5 and subtracts 4. What do you notice about the numbers that it produces? Can you explain your findings?
Is it possible to draw a 5-pointed star without taking your pencil off the paper? Is it possible to draw a 6-pointed star in the same way without taking your pen off?
Factor track is not a race but a game of skill. The idea is to go round the track in as few moves as possible, keeping to the rules.
Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?
Follow the clues to find the mystery number.
In this maze of hexagons, you start in the centre at 0. The next hexagon must be a multiple of 2 and the next a multiple of 5. What are the possible paths you could take?
Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.
Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?
This article for teachers describes how number arrays can be a useful reprentation for many number concepts.
In this problem we are looking at sets of parallel sticks that cross each other. What is the least number of crossings you can make? And the greatest?
Can you find the chosen number from the grid using the clues?
This package will help introduce children to, and encourage a deep exploration of, multiples.
The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square hole for each disc. Use the information to find out how many discs of each colour there are in the box.
Find the squares that Froggie skips onto to get to the pumpkin patch. She starts on 3 and finishes on 30, but she lands only on a square that has a number 3 more than the square she skips from.
How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's, using rods that are identical?
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
How can you use just one weighing to find out which box contains the lighter ten coins out of the ten boxes?
Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?
Can you place the numbers from 1 to 10 in the grid?
Can you find any perfect numbers? Read this article to find out more...
A game for 2 or more people. Starting with 100, subratct a number from 1 to 9 from the total. You score for making an odd number, a number ending in 0 or a multiple of 6.
These red, yellow and blue spinners were each spun 45 times in total. Can you work out which numbers are on each spinner?
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
If there is a ring of six chairs and thirty children must either sit on a chair or stand behind one, how many children will be behind each chair?
Are these domino games fair? Can you explain why or why not?
What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?
The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?
Can you work out what a ziffle is on the planet Zargon?
There are ten children in Becky's group. Can you find a set of numbers for each of them? Are there any other sets?
Use this grid to shade the numbers in the way described. Which numbers do you have left? Do you know what they are called?
You can make a calculator count for you by any number you choose. You can count by ones to reach 24. You can count by twos to reach 24. What else can you count by to reach 24?
On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Use cubes to continue making the numbers from 7 to 20. Are they sticks, rectangles or squares?
Complete the magic square using the numbers 1 to 25 once each. Each row, column and diagonal adds up to 65.
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. Can you find all the numbers in each set from these clues?
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. They are the red set, the green set and the blue set. Can you find all the numbers in the sets from these clues?
Can you work out how to balance this equaliser? You can put more than one weight on a hook.