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Digit Addition
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?
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?
Always, Sometimes or Never?
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?
Circles, Circles
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Here are some arrangements of circles. How many circles would I need to make the next size up for each? Can you create your own arrangement and investigate the number of circles it needs?
School Fair Necklaces
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
How many possible symmetrical necklaces can you find? How do you know you've found them all?
Doing and Undoing
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
An investigation looking at doing and undoing mathematical operations focusing on doubling, halving, adding and subtracting.
That Number Square!
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
How Would We Count?
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.
Half Time
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?
What Is the Time?
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.
Order, Order!
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?
Sitting Round the Party Tables
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.
Ip Dip
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?
Triple Cubes
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
This challenge involves eight three-cube models made from interlocking cubes. Investigate different ways of putting the models together then compare your constructions.
Strike it Out
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Growing Garlic
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
Cuisenaire Environment
Age 5 to 16
Challenge Level
An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.
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.
Hundred Square
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?
Break it Up!
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?
The Puzzling Sweet Shop
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?
Five Coins
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Ben has five coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?
How Many?
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Have a look at these photos of different fruit. How many do you see? How did you count?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.