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Spell by Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you substitute numbers for the letters in these sums?
Rabbits in the Pen
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Using the statements, can you work out how many of each type of rabbit there are in these pens?
How Old?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Cherri, Saxon, Mel and Paul are friends. They are all different ages. Can you find out the age of each friend using the information?
X Is 5 Squares
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you arrange 5 different digits (from 0 - 9) in the cross in the way described?
Hubble, Bubble
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Winifred Wytsh bought a box each of jelly babies, milk jelly bears, yellow jelly bees and jelly belly beans. In how many different ways could she make a jolly jelly feast with 32 legs?
Pouring the Punch Drink
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are 4 jugs which hold 9 litres, 7 litres, 4 litres and 2 litres. Find a way to pour 9 litres of drink from one jug to another until you are left with exactly 3 litres in three of the jugs.
A-magical Number Maze
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This magic square has operations written in it, to make it into a maze. Start wherever you like, go through every cell and go out a total of 15!
Oh! Harry!
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?
Zargon Glasses
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Zumf makes spectacles for the residents of the planet Zargon, who have either 3 eyes or 4 eyes. How many lenses will Zumf need to make all the different orders for 9 families?
Two Egg Timers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
You have two egg timers. One takes 4 minutes exactly to empty and the other takes 7 minutes. What times in whole minutes can you measure and how?
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This problem is based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!
Arranging the Tables
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are 44 people coming to a dinner party. There are 15 square tables that seat 4 people. Find a way to seat the 44 people using all 15 tables, with no empty places.
Six Is the Sum
Age 7 to 11 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?
Shape Times Shape
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?
A Mixed-up Clock
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?
Trebling
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?
Dice and Spinner Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be each time?
Being Resourceful - Primary Number
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Number problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Adding Plus
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you put plus signs in so this is true? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 99 How many ways can you do it?
Dart Target
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This task, written for the National Young Mathematicians' Award 2016, invites you to explore the different combinations of scores that you might get on these dart boards.
ABC
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
In the multiplication calculation, some of the digits have been replaced by letters and others by asterisks. Can you reconstruct the original multiplication?
How Much Did it Cost?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.
Different Deductions
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?
Today's Date - 01/06/2009
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
What do you notice about the date 03.06.09? Or 08.01.09? This challenge invites you to investigate some interesting dates yourself.
On Target
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
You have 5 darts and your target score is 44. How many different ways could you score 44?
Route Product
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Find the product of the numbers on the routes from A to B. Which route has the smallest product? Which the largest?
Polo Square
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Arrange eight of the numbers between 1 and 9 in the Polo Square below so that each side adds to the same total.
Prison Cells
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are 78 prisoners in a square cell block of twelve cells. The clever prison warder arranged them so there were 25 along each wall of the prison block. How did he do it?
The Moons of Vuvv
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?
Beads and Bags
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
How could you put these three beads into bags? How many different ways can you do it? How could you record what you've done?
The Dice Train
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This dice train has been made using specific rules. How many different trains can you make?
Forgot the Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?
Ordered Ways of Working Upper Primary
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These activities lend themselves to systematic working in the sense that it helps to have an ordered approach.
Page Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Short Challenge Level:
Exactly 195 digits have been used to number the pages in a book. How many pages does the book have?
A Right Charlie
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you use this information to work out Charlie's house number?
Sums and Differences 1
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This challenge focuses on finding the sum and difference of pairs of two-digit numbers.
Twenty Divided Into Six
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?
Seven Square Numbers
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Add the sum of the squares of four numbers between 10 and 20 to the sum of the squares of three numbers less than 6 to make the square of another, larger, number.
Bean Bags for Bernard's Bag
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How could you put eight beanbags in the hoops so that there are four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can you find all the ways of doing this?
All Seated
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Look carefully at the numbers. What do you notice? Can you make another square using the numbers 1 to 16, that displays the same properties?
Encouraging Primary Children to Work Systematically
Age 3 to 11
This article for primary teachers suggests ways in which to help children become better at working systematically.
Open Squares
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This task, written for the National Young Mathematicians' Award 2016, focuses on 'open squares'. What would the next five open squares look like?
All the Digits
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
Snails' Trails
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Alice and Brian are snails who live on a wall and can only travel along the cracks. Alice wants to go to see Brian. How far is the shortest route along the cracks? Is there more than one way to go?
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?
Mystery Matrix
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.
It Figures
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Suppose we allow ourselves to use three numbers less than 10 and multiply them together. How many different products can you find? How do you know you've got them all?
Two Primes Make One Square
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Multiply Multiples 1
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?
Coins (2)
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
What is the smallest number of coins needed to make up 12 dollars and 83 cents?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.