These hands-on maths resources are ideal for students aged 7-11 to explore in maths clubs and whole-school maths events.
Can you match pairs of fractions, decimals and percentages, and beat your previous scores?
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?
In each of these games, you will need a little bit of luck and your knowledge of place value to develop a winning strategy.
Can you spot the similarities between this game and other games you know? The aim is to choose 3 numbers that total 15.
Can you arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 to make a Number Sandwich?
I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?
Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?
Place the 16 different combinations of cup/saucer in this 4 by 4 arrangement so that no row or column contains more than one cup or saucer of the same colour.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct.
In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?
A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The first player to complete a line of 4 wins.
Place the numbers 1, 2, 3,..., 9 one on each square of a 3 by 3 grid so that all the rows and columns add up to a prime number. How many different solutions can you find?
An ordinary set of dominoes can be laid out as a 7 by 4 magic rectangle in which all the spots in all the columns add to 24, while those in the rows add to 42. Try it! Now try the magic square...
Using the 8 dominoes, can you make a square where each of the columns and rows adds up to 8?
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
