Past features

Having an order or pattern to the way you work will really help with these activities.

This lower primary feature focuses on number sense and place value.

This tasks each give you a chance to transfer your thinking from one example, to another, to another ...

Try some Low Threshold High Ceiling Tasks.

In this feature for Primary students, we offer geometrical tasks which give you the chance to notice patterns, make conjectures and create convincing mathematical arguments.

The tasks in this feature encourage you to play and explore, then think deeply about the mathematical ideas underneath.

These activities will encourage you to think flexibly about shape, position and movement (geometry). 

Dig deeply into geometrical ideas by having a go at the tasks in this Primary student feature.

Playing these games will help you get better at logical thinking.

These activities will give you chance to use mathematical reasoning in different ways.

Can you find a winning strategy for each of the games in this feature? Do you notice anything that is the same about the games?

We hope these tasks make you wonder what if ...?

The tasks in this feature give you the chance to identify patterns, make conjectures and then create mathematical arguments that will convince even a mathematician!

The matching pairs games in this feature give you the chance to compare amounts represented in different ways.

The activities in this Primary feature will help you get more of a 'feel' for numbers, in particular for factors and multiples.

Have a go at these shapely tasks ...

The activities in this feature all use interlocking cubes to help you think mathematically.

These tasks are great preparation for the Young Mathematicians' Award.

To celebrate NRICH's 20th birthday, we have brought together some tasks from NRICH which you might not have come across before. We might call them 'hidden gems'!

These problems invite you to look again at ideas you may think you know inside-out.

The tasks in this feature are all about practising times tables, but with a difference...

In this feature we have brought together groups of linked tasks, which will help you develop the five key ingredients that make successful mathematicians.

Where is the best place for your numbers? How will you decide?

Have a go at these lower primary activities to improve your group-working skills.

These activities will help you know and use number facts.

This feature challenges you to create different shapes by folding A-sized paper. Grab some paper and get folding!

Choose one of the problems below.

These activities all have interactive elements to arouse your curiosity!

Take your mathematics outside with the tasks in this feature.

The activities in this feature for primary students will help you deepen your understanding of what it means when we say that two amounts are equal.

Find a friend and play our dice games.

These activities all make use of counters but in different ways.

Lower primary games that can be played by an adult and child.

To celebrate the 2016 Olympic Games, why not have a go at these maths and sport challenges?

These tasks are tough! Can you keep going and find a solution?

The problems in this feature give you chance to consider different ways of showing (or representing) your thinking.

This feature is full of activities for you to work on at home.

These games will encourage you to play strategically. Can you think ahead and modify your tactics as you go along?

Have a go at these activities and don't be afraid to record in whatever way you like.

The activities in this feature give you chance to explore fractions.

These lower primary tasks all involve geometry - describing and sorting shapes, turning (or angles) and pattern.

In this feature, you can see how some children started each task, but this isn't because we want to give away the solutions!

We hope the new ideas and situations in these activities will make you curious to know more.

The tasks in this feature all contain tricks that use maths, not magic, to make them work!

The tasks in this feature encourage you to make a deliberate choice about the way you solve a calculation.

The problems and games in this feature for Primary students will challenge you to visualise quadrilaterals.

Explore these lower primary activities which focus on making, recognising and continuing number patterns.

You'll need to think a little differently to have a go at the challenges in this feature. Don't be afraid to have a go and try something out!

In this feature, we give you some starting points for mathematical investigation. What can you discover?

Are you a maths detective? Choose a task and use your mathematical skills to solve the problem.

The tasks in this feature for Primary students will give you the chance to identify, copy and extend patterns, as well as to create your own, which will help you think mathematically.

The activities in this feature all make use of Cuisenaire rods. We hope you enjoy being playful with the rods as they help you uncover and connect some important mathematical ideas.

The tasks in this feature for primary students give you the chance to interrogate data as well as come up with your own questions to investigate.

Play around with numbers - what can you find out?

This lower primary feature brings together activities which make use of geoboards.

The tasks in this lower primary feature lend themselves to being solved by trial and improvement.

These activities will help you to be curious, thoughtful, collaborative and determined.

The activities in this feature for primary students may give a surprising outcome!

This feature includes tasks which have multiple routes to the solution. We hope this will make you curious about finding different approaches!

The tasks in this Primary student feature give you the chance to dig deeply into maths, particularly number and calculation.

In this feature for Primary students, we challenge you to solve our Mathdokus, mathematical versions of the well-known Sudoku.