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There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?
How have the numbers been placed in this Carroll diagram? Which labels would you put on each row and column?
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.
Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 in each set of circles below. The sum of each side of the triangle should equal the number in its centre.
There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. Can you use the information given to find out how many eggs are in each basket?
Exactly 195 digits have been used to number the pages in a book. How many pages does the book have?
Fill in the numbers to make the sum of each row, column and diagonal equal to 34. For an extra challenge try the huge American Flag magic square.
The idea of this game is to add or subtract the two numbers on the dice and cover the result on the grid, trying to get a line of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?
Put operations signs between the numbers 3 4 5 6 to make the highest possible number and lowest possible number.
Can you draw a continuous line through 16 numbers on this grid so that the total of the numbers you pass through is as high as possible?
If you have only four weights, where could you place them in order to balance this equaliser?
Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.
There are over sixty different ways of making 24 by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing all four numbers 4, 6, 6 and 8 (using each number only once). How many can you find?
Fill in the missing numbers so that adding each pair of corner numbers gives you the number between them (in the box).
Use 4 four times with simple operations so that you get the answer 12. Can you make 15, 16 and 17 too?
Start by putting one million (1 000 000) into the display of your calculator. Can you reduce this to 7 using just the 7 key and add, subtract, multiply, divide and equals as many times as you like?
The Scot, John Napier, invented these strips about 400 years ago to help calculate multiplication and division. Can you work out how to use Napier's bones to find the answer to these multiplications?
Twizzle, a female giraffe, needs transporting to another zoo. Which route will give the fastest journey?
Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the squares below so that the difference between joined squares is odd. How many different ways can you do this?
What is the sum of all the three digit whole numbers?
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?
Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?
The clockmaker's wife cut up his birthday cake to look like a clock face. Can you work out who received each piece?
Can you hang weights in the right place to make the equaliser balance?
A game for 2 or more players with a pack of cards. Practise your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to hit the target score.
Use the number weights to find different ways of balancing the equaliser.
Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?
A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
Can you work out how many flowers there will be on the Amazing Splitting Plant after it has been growing for six weeks?
Place the digits 1 to 9 into the circles so that each side of the triangle adds to the same total.
Noah saw 12 legs walk by into the Ark. How many creatures did he see?
Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
Woof is a big dog. Yap is a little dog. Emma has 16 dog biscuits to give to the two dogs. She gave Woof 4 more biscuits than Yap. How many biscuits did each dog get?
This article gives you a few ideas for understanding the Got It! game and how you might find a winning strategy.
Claire thinks she has the most sports cards in her album. "I have 12 pages with 2 cards on each page", says Claire. Ross counts his cards. "No! I have 3 cards on each of my pages and there are. . . .
Starting with the number 180, take away 9 again and again, joining up the dots as you go. Watch out - don't join all the dots!
There were 22 legs creeping across the web. How many flies? How many spiders?
Susie took cherries out of a bowl by following a certain pattern. How many cherries had there been in the bowl to start with if she was left with 14 single ones?
A game for 2 or more players. Practise your addition and subtraction with the aid of a game board and some dried peas!
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.
Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.
Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land? What are the secret jumps they make with their counters?
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?
Here are the prices for 1st and 2nd class mail within the UK. You have an unlimited number of each of these stamps. Which stamps would you need to post a parcel weighing 825g?