Number Match
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Round the Four Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.
Magic Vs
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
Round the Three Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?
Four-digit Targets
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
You have two sets of the digits 0 – 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?
Coded Hundred Square
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Which Scripts?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?
The Deca Tree
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
Dicey Operations in Line
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
The Thousands Game
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Each child in Class 3 took four numbers out of the bag. Who had made the highest even number?
Take Three Numbers
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?
Number Differences
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the squares below so that the difference between joined squares is odd. How many different ways can you do this?
Reasoned Roundinglive
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Four strategy dice games to consolidate pupils' understanding of rounding.
Nice or Nasty
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Number Lines in Disguise
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?
You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.