Number Operations and Calculation Methods

  • Can you Make 100?
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    Can You Make 100?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many ways can you find to put in operation signs (+, −, ×, ÷) to make 100?

  • Magic Letters
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    Magic Letters

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?

  • Strange Bank Account
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    Strange Bank Account

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Imagine a very strange bank account where you are only allowed to do two things...

  • Up, down, flying around
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    Up, Down, Flying Around

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Play this game to learn about adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers

  • Number Daisy
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    Number Daisy

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find six numbers to go in the daisy from which you can make all the numbers from 1 to a number bigger than 25?

  • Cryptarithms
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    Cryptarithms

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you crack these cryptarithms?

  • Making a difference
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    Making a Difference

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many different differences can you make?

  • Same Answer
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    Same Answer

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Aisha's division and subtraction calculations both gave the same answer! Can you find some more examples?

  • Where can we visit?
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    Where Can We Visit?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Charlie and Abi put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: ×2 and -5. What do you think?

  • Egyptian Fractions
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    Egyptian Fractions

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. Here is a chance to explore how they could have written different fractions.