Dotty six
Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.
Poly plug rectangles
The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
Heads and feet
On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Make 37
Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Can you pick any ten numbers from the bags so that their total is 37?
Eggs in baskets
There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?
4 dom
The tall tower
Coded hundred square
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Nice or nasty
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Play to 37
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Satisfying four statements
More Dicey operations
In these multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.
The remainders game
Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.
Dicey operations
In these addition and subtraction games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.
Shape times shape
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?
First connect three
Magic Vs
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
Number lines in disguise
Twenty divided into six
Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?
Mystery matrix
Sealed solution
Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?
Four go
Two and two
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.