Past Features

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

Find a friend and play our dice games.

Play around with numbers - what can you find out?

Have a go at these shapely tasks ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These activities will help you know and use number facts.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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'!

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

Try some Low Threshold High Ceiling Tasks.

Choose one of the problems below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

These activities all have interactive elements to arouse your curiosity!

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

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 feature are all about practising times tables, but with a difference...

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 play and explore, then think deeply about the mathematical ideas underneath.

Take your mathematics outside with the tasks in this feature.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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