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Number Stage 5

Alphabet Blocks
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Alphabet blocks

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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These alphabet bricks are painted in a special way. A is on one brick, B on two bricks, and so on. How many bricks will be painted by the time they have got to other letters of the alphabet?
Odd times Even
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Odd times even

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.

Multiply Multiples 2
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Multiply multiples 2

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you work out some different ways to balance this equation?

Round the Dice Decimals 1
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Round the dice decimals 1

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?

Greater Than or Less Than?
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Greater than or less than?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?
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Abundant numbers

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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48 is called an abundant number because it is less than the sum of its factors (without itself). Can you find some more abundant numbers?

Trebling
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Trebling

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

The Deca Tree
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The Deca Tree

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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.

Tables Without Tens
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Tables without tens

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Investigate and explain the patterns that you see from recording just the units digits of numbers in the times tables.
Shape Times Shape
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Shape times shape

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?

Tug Harder!
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Tug harder!

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?

What Do you Need?
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What do you need?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Four of these clues are needed to find the chosen number on this grid and four are true but do nothing to help in finding the number. Can you sort out the clues and find the number?

Nice or Nasty
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Nice or nasty

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

Which Would You Rather?
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Which would you rather?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Would you rather: Have 10% of $5 or 75% of 80ยข? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

Multiply Multiples 1
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Multiply multiples 1

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?

Forgot the Numbers
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Forgot the numbers

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?

Pumpkin Pie Problem
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Pumpkin pie problem

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?

Twenty Divided into Six
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Twenty divided into six

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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?

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Reach 100

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.

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Factor lines

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.

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Cycling squares

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you make a cycle of pairs that add to make a square number using all the numbers in the box below, once and once only?

Andy's Marbles
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Andy's marbles

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Andy had a big bag of marbles but unfortunately the bottom of it split and all the marbles spilled out. Use the information to find out how many there were in the bag originally.

Diagonal Sums
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Diagonal sums

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?

Four Go
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Four go

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This challenge is a game for two players. Choose two of the numbers to multiply or divide, then mark your answer on the number line. Can you get four in a row?

Number the Sides
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Number the sides

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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The triangles in these sets are similar - can you work out the lengths of the sides which have question marks?
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Doughnut percents

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you work as a team to make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

How Much?
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How much?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.