Have you heard of the National Young Mathematicians' Award (NYMA)? If not, you can find out more here.
Bernard, one of the members of the NRICH team, creates the brain-stretching activities used in the NYMA. In this feature, we have gathered together some tasks which will help you 'limber up' for the main NYMA tasks. Have a go at these tricky challenges and see how you get on ...
Bernard, one of the members of the NRICH team, creates the brain-stretching activities used in the NYMA. In this feature, we have gathered together some tasks which will help you 'limber up' for the main NYMA tasks. Have a go at these tricky challenges and see how you get on ...
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Inside triangles
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
How many different triangles can you draw which each have one dot in the middle?
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Lots of lollies
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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?
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Start cube drilling
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Imagine a 3 by 3 by 3 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will have holes drilled through them?
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Odd times even
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.
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Working systematically - primary students
Mathematicians try to work systematically so they can see how they worked something out, and see patterns which messy work might not reveal. Here's a selection of tasks where having good ways to sort and organise can be very helpful.
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Getting better at group work
Have a go at these lower primary activities to improve your group-working skills.
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Convince me! - Lower Primary students
Here are some challenges that you can work on and then see if you can convince someone that your solutions are right! Have a go!
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What if ... ? - Lower Primary students
Here are some exciting activities for you - have a go at them and then see what happens if you change one of the little questions. You may be able to change it more than just once!