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Recording mathematics. Multiplication & division. Interactivities. Comparing and Ordering numbers. Working systematically. Addition & subtraction. Odd and even numbers. Place value. Trial and improvement. Representing.There are 55 results
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The Tall Tower
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
Highest and Lowest
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Put operations signs between the numbers 3 4 5 6 to make the highest possible number and lowest possible number.
A Numbered Route
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you draw a continuous line through 16 numbers on this grid so that the total of the numbers you pass through is as high as possible?
The Thousands Game
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Each child in Class 3 took four numbers out of the bag. Who had made the highest even number?
Being Resourceful - Primary Number
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Number problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Nice or Nasty for Two
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Some Games That May Be Nice or Nasty for an adult and child. Use your knowledge of place value to beat your opponent.
Worms
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Place this "worm" on the 100 square and find the total of the four squares it covers. Keeping its head in the same place, what other totals can you make?
Robot Monsters
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
Who Can Be the Winner?
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Some children have been doing different tasks. Can you see who was the winner?
Here to There 1 2 3
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Move from the START to the FINISH by moving across or down to the next square. Can you find a route to make these totals?
Diagonal Sums
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
Buzzy Bee
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?
Largest Even
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?
More Carroll Diagrams
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How have the numbers been placed in this Carroll diagram? Which labels would you put on each row and column?
More Carroll Diagrams
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How have the numbers been placed in this Carroll diagram? Which labels would you put on each row and column?
Calendar Activities
Age 5 to 7
Don't get rid of your old calendars! You can get a lot more mathematical mileage out of them before they are thrown away. These activities, using cut up dates from the calendar, provide numbers to. . . .
Domino Number Patterns
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in each case to complete the pattern of these eight sets of 3 dominoes?
The Magic Number and the Hepta-tree
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Find the exact difference between the largest ball and the smallest ball on the Hepta Tree and then use this to work out the MAGIC NUMBER!
Birthday Cakes
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?
Factor-multiple Chains
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?
Fractions Made Faster
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the fraction wall to compare the size of these fractions - you'll be amazed how it helps!
Can You Do it Too?
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.
Greater Than or Less Than?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?
Making Trains
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you make a train the same length as Laura's but using three differently coloured rods? Is there only one way of doing it?
Sets of Four Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are ten children in Becky's group. Can you find a set of numbers for each of them? Are there any other sets?
Would You Rather?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?
Sort Them Out (2)
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?
Carrying Cards
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These sixteen children are standing in four lines of four, one behind the other. They are each holding a card with a number on it. Can you work out the missing numbers?
Being Curious - Primary Number
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Number problems for inquiring primary learners.
Sorting the Numbers
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Complete these two jigsaws then put one on top of the other. What happens when you add the 'touching' numbers? What happens when you change the position of the jigsaws?
Caterpillars
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?
Making Pathways
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you find different ways of creating paths using these paving slabs?
Fair Exchange
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
In your bank, you have three types of coins. The number of spots shows how much they are worth. Can you choose coins to exchange with the groups given to make the same total?
Street Sequences
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.
Twizzle's Journey
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Twizzle, a female giraffe, needs transporting to another zoo. Which route will give the fastest journey?
Which Scripts?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?
Light the Lights
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?
One to Fifteen
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you put the numbers from 1 to 15 on the circles so that no consecutive numbers lie anywhere along a continuous straight line?
Olympic Starters
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?
I Like ...
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?
Nice or Nasty
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Number Sense Series: A Sense of 'ten' and Place Value
Age 5 to 7
Once a basic number sense has developed for numbers up to ten, a strong 'sense of ten' needs to be developed as a foundation for both place value and mental calculations.
Dicey Operations for Two
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
Carroll Diagrams
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?
Move a Match
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How can you arrange these 10 matches in four piles so that when you move one match from three of the piles into the fourth, you end up with the same arrangement?
Now and Then
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. Compare the results for 2012.
Dominoes Environment
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
These interactive dominoes can be dragged around the screen.
Weighted Numbers
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Use the number weights to find different ways of balancing the equaliser.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.