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Investigations. Addition & subtraction. Trial and improvement. Multiplication & division. Interactivities. Combinations. Factors and multiples. Place value. Working systematically. Visualising.There are 80 results
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Six Is the Sum
Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
All the Digits
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This multiplication uses each of the digits 0 - 9 once and once only. Using the information given, can you replace the stars in the calculation with figures?
ABC
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In the multiplication calculation, some of the digits have been replaced by letters and others by asterisks. Can you reconstruct the original multiplication?
The Deca Tree
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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.
Trebling
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Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?
Napier's Bones
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The Scot, John Napier, invented these strips about 400 years ago to help calculate multiplication and division. Can you work out how to use Napier's bones to find the answer to these multiplications?
Being Resourceful - Primary Number
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Number problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Being Resilient - Primary Number
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Number problems at primary level that may require resilience.
Coded Hundred Square
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Being Collaborative - Primary Number
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Number problems at primary level to work on with others.
Multiply Multiples 1
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Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?
Multiply Multiples 2
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Can you work out some different ways to balance this equation?
Multiply Multiples 3
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Have a go at balancing this equation. Can you find different ways of doing it?
One Million to Seven
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Start by putting one million (1 000 000) into the display of your calculator. Can you reduce this to 7 using just the 7 key and add, subtract, multiply, divide and equals as many times as you like?
Diagonal Sums
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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?
Which Is Quicker?
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Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?
Four-digit Targets
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You have two sets of the digits 0 – 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?
Nice or Nasty for Two
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Some Games That May Be Nice or Nasty for an adult and child. Use your knowledge of place value to beat your opponent.
Round the Three Dice
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What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?
(w)holy Numbers
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A church hymn book contains 700 hymns. The numbers of the hymns are displayed by combining special small single-digit boards. What is the minimum number of small boards that is needed?
Round the Dice Decimals 1
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
What Do You Need?
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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?
Cayley
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
The letters in the following addition sum represent the digits 1 ... 9. If A=3 and D=2, what number is represented by "CAYLEY"?
Round the Dice Decimals 2
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
The Thousands Game
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Each child in Class 3 took four numbers out of the bag. Who had made the highest even number?
Becky's Number Plumber
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Becky created a number plumber which multiplies by 5 and subtracts 4. What do you notice about the numbers that it produces? Can you explain your findings?
Round the Four Dice
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This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.
Arrange the Digits
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Can you arrange the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 into three 3-digit numbers such that their total is close to 1500?
Alien Counting
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Investigate the different ways these aliens count in this challenge. You could start by thinking about how each of them would write our number 7.
Football Sum
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Find the values of the nine letters in the sum: FOOT + BALL = GAME
Snail One Hundred
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
This is a game in which your counters move in a spiral round the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and units.
That Number Square!
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
Reach 100
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
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.
Being Curious - Primary Number
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Number problems for inquiring primary learners.
Song Book
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A school song book contains 700 songs. The numbers of the songs are displayed by combining special small single-digit boards. What is the minimum number of small boards that is needed?
Which Scripts?
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There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?
Calculator Bingo
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.
Digit Sum
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What is the sum of all the digits in all the integers from one to one million?
Dicey Operations for Two
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Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
Repeaters
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Choose any 3 digits and make a 6 digit number by repeating the 3 digits in the same order (e.g. 594594). Explain why whatever digits you choose the number will always be divisible by 7, 11 and 13.
Three Times Seven
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
A three digit number abc is always divisible by 7 when 2a+3b+c is divisible by 7. Why?
Even Up
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Consider all of the five digit numbers which we can form using only the digits 2, 4, 6 and 8. If these numbers are arranged in ascending order, what is the 512th number?
Tis Unique
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This addition sum uses all ten digits 0, 1, 2...9 exactly once. Find the sum and show that the one you give is the only possibility.
What an Odd Fact(or)
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Can you show that 1^99 + 2^99 + 3^99 + 4^99 + 5^99 is divisible by 5?
Six Times Five
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
How many six digit numbers are there which DO NOT contain a 5?
Lesser Digits
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How many positive integers less than or equal to 4000 can be written down without using the digits 7, 8 or 9?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.