This is part of our Secondary Curriculum collection of favourite rich tasks arranged by topic.
Scroll down to see the complete collection, or explore our subcollections on Perimeter and Area in two dimensions, and Surface Area and Volume in three dimensions.


Consecutive numbers
An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.


More Dicey operations
In these multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

Missing multipliers
What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?

The remainders game
Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.

Remainders
I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?

Method in multiplying madness?
Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?

Two and two
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

Up, down, flying around
Play this game to learn about adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers

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



Climbing complexity
In the 2020 Olympic Games, sport climbing was introduced for the first time, and something very interesting happened with the scoring system. Can you find out what was interesting about it?

Number daisy
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?


Cinema problem
A cinema has 100 seats. How can ticket sales make £100 for these different combinations of ticket prices?

Consecutive seven
Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?


Round and round and round
Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000 degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 ÷ 360. How did this help?


Countdown fractions
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.

Going round in circles
Mathematicians are always looking for efficient methods for solving problems. How efficient can you be?

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




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

Where can we visit?
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: x2 and -5. What do you think?

Egyptian fractions
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.

Twisting and turning
Take a look at the video and try to find a sequence of moves that will untangle the ropes.

More twisting and turning
It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...

Connect three
In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?

Weights
Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?


Consecutive negative numbers
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?

The greedy algorithm
The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. The Greedy Algorithm might provide us with an efficient way of doing this.

Slick summing
Watch the video to see how Charlie works out the sum. Can you adapt his method?


You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.