This is part of our Secondary Curriculum collection of favourite rich tasks arranged by topic.
Scroll down to see the complete collection, or explore our subcollections on Perimeter and Area in two dimensions, and Surface Area and Volume in three dimensions.
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Statement Snap
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
You'll need to know your number properties to win a game of Statement Snap...
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Factors and Multiples Game
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
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Dozens
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
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Factors and Multiples Puzzle
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?
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Multiples Sudoku
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
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How much can we spend?
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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?
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Diminishing Returns
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
How much of the square is coloured blue? How will the pattern continue?
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Sieve of Eratosthenes
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.
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Multiple Surprises
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Sequences of multiples keep cropping up...
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Gabriel's Problem
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Gabriel multiplied together some numbers and then erased them. Can you figure out where each number was?
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Number Families
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
How many different number families can you find?
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American Billions
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...
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Take Three From Five
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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?
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Stars
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?
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Product Sudoku
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
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Route to infinity
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
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Power mad!
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.
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Alison's quilt
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Nine squares are fitted together to form a rectangle. Can you find its dimensions?
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Counting Factors
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
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Funny Factorisation
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Using the digits 1 to 9, the number 4396 can be written as the product of two numbers. Can you find the factors?
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Shopping Basket
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?
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Differences
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you guarantee that, for any three numbers you choose, the product of their differences will always be an even number?
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Beelines
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Is there a relationship between the coordinates of the endpoints of a line and the number of grid squares it crosses?
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LCM Sudoku
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.
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Filling the gaps
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Which numbers can we write as a sum of square numbers?
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Expenses
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
What is the largest number which, when divided into 1905, 2587, 3951, 7020 and 8725 in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?
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Latin Numbers
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Can you create a Latin Square from multiples of a six digit number?
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