You'll need to know your number properties to win a game of Statement Snap...
The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?
Try out some calculations. Are you surprised by the results?
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Think of a number and follow the machine's instructions... I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?
In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?
It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?
Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Which set of numbers that add to 10 have the largest product?
Identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?
Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?
Can you find any two-digit numbers that satisfy all of these statements?
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?
A country has decided to have just two different coins, 3z and 5z coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?
How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?
If you move the tiles around, can you make squares with different coloured edges?
Seven balls are shaken. You win if the two blue balls end up touching. What is the probability of winning?
What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?
Six balls are shaken. You win if at least one red ball ends in a corner. What is the probability of winning?
Alison and Charlie are playing a game. Charlie wants to go first so Alison lets him. Was that such a good idea?
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?
Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?
A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?
Can you recreate squares and rhombuses if you are only given a side or a diagonal?
Play around with sets of five numbers and see what you can discover about different types of average...
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?
Imagine you were given the chance to win some money... and imagine you had nothing to lose...
An aluminium can contains 330 ml of cola. If the can's diameter is 6 cm what is the can's height?
Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?
Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?
Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?
Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?
What's the largest volume of box you can make from a square of paper?
Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?
Caroline and James pick sets of five numbers. Charlie tries to find three that add together to make a multiple of three. Can they stop him?
If you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights, how many of each would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg?
How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?
In 15 years' time my age will be the square of my age 15 years ago. Can you work out my age, and when I had other special birthdays?
Is there a relationship between the coordinates of the endpoints of a line and the number of grid squares it crosses?
Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?
Choose four consecutive whole numbers. Multiply the first and last numbers together. Multiply the middle pair together. What do you notice?
Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?
Explore when it is possible to construct a circle which just touches all four sides of a quadrilateral.
Imagine a room full of people who keep flipping coins until they get a tail. Will anyone get six heads in a row?
If everyone in your class picked a number from 1 to 225, do you think any two people would pick the same number?
An equilateral triangle rotates around regular polygons and produces an outline like a flower. What are the perimeters of the different flowers?
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?
Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
Many numbers can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares. What do you notice about the numbers you CANNOT make?
Chris is enjoying a swim but needs to get back for lunch. How far along the bank should she land?
Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.
Each of the following shapes is made from arcs of a circle of radius r. What is the perimeter of a shape with 3, 4, 5 and n "nodes".
You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?
In this follow-up to the problem Odds and Evens, we invite you to analyse a probability situation in order to find the general solution for a fair game.
The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?
Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery?
A hexagon, with sides alternately a and b units in length, is inscribed in a circle. How big is the radius of the circle?
Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.
Charlie likes to go for walks around a square park, while Alison likes to cut across diagonally. Can you find relationships between the vectors they walk along?
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
There are many different methods to solve this geometrical problem - how many can you find?