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Interactivities. Visualising. Games. Complex numbers. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Experimental probability. Logarithmic functions. Making and proving conjectures. Mathematical modelling. Dynamic geometry.There are 98 results
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Ratio Pairs 3
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Match pairs of cards so that they have equivalent ratios.
One, Three, Five, Seven
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. Set out 16 counters in rows of 1,3,5 and 7. Players take turns to remove any number of counters from a row. The player left with the last counter looses.
White Box
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
Pentanim
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players with similarities to NIM. Place one counter on each spot on the games board. Players take it is turns to remove 1 or 2 adjacent counters. The winner picks up the last counter.
Winning Lines
Age 7 to 16
An article for teachers and pupils that encourages you to look at the mathematical properties of similar games.
Game of PIG - Sixes
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you beat Piggy in this simple dice game? Can you figure out Piggy's strategy, and is there a better one?
Jam
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
To avoid losing think of another very well known game where the patterns of play are similar.
Tower Rescue
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
Help the bee to build a stack of blocks far enough to save his friend trapped in the tower.
Nim
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The loser is the player who takes the last counter.
Cubic Net
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
This is an interactive net of a Rubik's cube. Twists of the 3D cube become mixes of the squares on the 2D net. Have a play and see how many scrambles you can undo!
Games Related to Nim
Age 5 to 16
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.
Nim-interactive
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The winner is the player to take the last counter.
Sliding Puzzle
Age 5 to 16 Challenge Level:
The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
Behind the Rules of Go
Age 14 to 18
This article explains the use of the idea of connectedness in networks, in two different ways, to bring into focus the basics of the game of Go, namely capture and territory.
Sufficient but Not Necessary: Two Eyes and Seki in Go
Age 14 to 18
The game of go has a simple mechanism. This discussion of the principle of two eyes in go has shown that the game does not depend on equally clear-cut concepts.
Got a Strategy for Last Biscuit?
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you beat the computer in the challenging strategy game?
Twin Corresponding Sudoku
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
This sudoku requires you to have "double vision" - two Sudoku's for the price of one
Square It
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Turnablock
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A simple game for 2 players invented by John Conway. It is played on a 3x3 square board with 9 counters that are black on one side and white on the other.
Snail Trails
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
This is a game for two players. You will need some small-square grid paper, a die and two felt-tip pens or highlighters. Players take turns to roll the die, then move that number of squares in. . . .
Flip Flop - Matching Cards
Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
A game for 1 person to play on screen. Practise your number bonds whilst improving your memory
Online
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
Nim-7
Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Stop or Dare
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
All you need for this game is a pack of cards. While you play the game, think about strategies that will increase your chances of winning.
Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 4. from Strategy Games
Age 5 to 14
Basic strategy games are particularly suitable as starting points for investigations. Players instinctively try to discover a winning strategy, and usually the best way to do this is to analyse. . . .
Twin Corresponding Sudoku III
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
Advent Calendar 2010
Age 5 to 16 Challenge Level:
Advent Calendar 2010 - a mathematical game for every day during the run-up to Christmas.
18 Hole Light Golf
Age 5 to 16 Challenge Level:
The computer starts with all the lights off, but then clicks 3, 4 or 5 times at random, leaving some lights on. Can you switch them off again?
Nim-7 for Two
Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
Nim-7 game for an adult and child. Who will be the one to take the last counter?
Quadruple Clue Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Four numbers on an intersection that need to be placed in the surrounding cells. That is all you need to know to solve this sudoku.
Twin Corresponding Sudokus II
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
Conway's Chequerboard Army
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Here is a solitaire type environment for you to experiment with. Which targets can you reach?
Seasonal Twin Sudokus
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
Low Go
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
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.
Diagonal Dodge
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. Can be played online. One player has 1 red counter, the other has 4 blue. The red counter needs to reach the other side, and the blue needs to trap the red.
Khun Phaen Escapes to Freedom
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Slide the pieces to move Khun Phaen past all the guards into the position on the right from which he can escape to freedom.
Sprouts Explained
Age 7 to 18
This article invites you to get familiar with a strategic game called "sprouts". The game is simple enough for younger children to understand, and has also provided experienced mathematicians with. . . .
Wari
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
This is a simple version of an ancient game played all over the world. It is also called Mancala. What tactics will increase your chances of winning?
Diagonal Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
Pole Star Sudoku
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
A Sudoku based on clues that give the differences between adjacent cells.
Sprouts
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 people. Take turns joining two dots, until your opponent is unable to move.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.