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"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?
48 is called an abundant number because it is less than the sum of its factors (without itself). Can you find some more abundant numbers?
When Charlie asked his grandmother how old she is, he didn't get a straightforward reply! Can you work out how old she is?
How many different sets of numbers with at least four members can you find in the numbers in this box?
In a square in which the houses are evenly spaced, numbers 3 and 10 are opposite each other. What is the smallest and what is the largest possible number of houses in the square?
The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?
I throw three dice and get 5, 3 and 2. Add the scores on the three dice. What do you get? Now multiply the scores. What do you notice?
There are ten children in Becky's group. Can you find a set of numbers for each of them? Are there any other sets?
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?
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?
Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used once and once only.
Nine squares with side lengths 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 18 cm can be fitted together to form a rectangle. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.
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?
How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?
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?
Suppose we allow ourselves to use three numbers less than 10 and multiply them together. How many different products can you find? How do you know you've got them all?
An investigation that gives you the opportunity to make and justify predictions.
Find the words hidden inside each of the circles by counting around a certain number of spaces to find each letter in turn.
Can you find the chosen number from the grid using the clues?
What is the lowest number which always leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by each of the numbers from 2 to 10?
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?
Are these domino games fair? Can you explain why or why not?
Help share out the biscuits the children have made.
How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's, using rods that are identical?
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?
Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Use the interactivity to help you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had.
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?
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.
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.
Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.
Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
56 406 is the product of two consecutive numbers. What are these two numbers?
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Complete the magic square using the numbers 1 to 25 once each. Each row, column and diagonal adds up to 65.
Follow the clues to find the mystery number.
Can you work out how to balance this equaliser? You can put more than one weight on a hook.
Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. Can you find all the numbers in each set from these clues?
These red, yellow and blue spinners were each spun 45 times in total. Can you work out which numbers are on each spinner?
How can you use just one weighing to find out which box contains the lighter ten coins out of the ten boxes?
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?
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
A game for 2 people using a pack of cards Turn over 2 cards and try to make an odd number or a multiple of 3.
Can you predict when you'll be clapping and when you'll be clicking if you start this rhythm? How about when a friend begins a new rhythm at the same time?
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.
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?
Use this grid to shade the numbers in the way described. Which numbers do you have left? Do you know what they are called?