
Alphabet blocks

Odd times even
This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.


Round the dice decimals 1
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?

Abundant numbers
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?

Matching fractions, decimals and percentages
Can you match pairs of fractions, decimals and percentages, and beat your previous scores?


The Deca Tree
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

Shape times shape
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?

Tug harder!
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?
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
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

Which would you rather?
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
Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?

Forgot the numbers
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
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
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?

Reach 100
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.

Factor lines
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.

Cycling squares
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
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
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
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

Doughnut percents
Can you work as a team to make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

How much?
Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.