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Permutations. Generalising. Triangle numbers. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Working systematically. Combinations. Combinatorics. Properties of numbers. Visualising. Factors and multiples.There are 127 results
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Neighbourly Addition
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
I added together some of my neighbours' house numbers. Can you explain the patterns I noticed?
A Long Time at the Till
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Try to solve this very difficult problem and then study our two suggested solutions. How would you use your knowledge to try to solve variants on the original problem?
Multiply the Addition Square
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the difference between these products. Why?
9 Weights
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
You have been given nine weights, one of which is slightly heavier than the rest. Can you work out which weight is heavier in just two weighings of the balance?
Special Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Summing Consecutive Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
Teddy Town
Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
There are nine teddies in Teddy Town - three red, three blue and three yellow. There are also nine houses, three of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?
Maths Trails
Age 7 to 14
The NRICH team are always looking for new ways to engage teachers and pupils in problem solving. Here we explain the thinking behind maths trails.
Read This Page
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Replace the letters with numbers to make the addition work out correctly. R E A D + T H I S = P A G E
Colour in the Square
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you put the 25 coloured tiles into the 5 x 5 square so that no column, no row and no diagonal line have tiles of the same colour in them?
Constellation Sudoku
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Special clue numbers related to the difference between numbers in two adjacent cells and values of the stars in the "constellation" make this a doubly interesting problem.
Oranges and Lemons, Say the Bells of St Clement's
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Bellringers have a special way to write down the patterns they ring. Learn about these patterns and draw some of your own.
Diagonal Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
The Great Weights Puzzle
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
You have twelve weights, one of which is different from the rest. Using just 3 weighings, can you identify which weight is the odd one out, and whether it is heavier or lighter than the rest?
Cinema Problem
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A cinema has 100 seats. Show how it is possible to sell exactly 100 tickets and take exactly £100 if the prices are £10 for adults, 50p for pensioners and 10p for children.
Smith and Jones
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Mr Smith and Mr Jones are two maths teachers. By asking questions, the answers to which may be right or wrong, Mr Jones is able to find the number of the house Mr Smith lives in... Or not!
Two and Two
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
Peaches Today, Peaches Tomorrow...
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Whenever a monkey has peaches, he always keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long could he make his peaches last for?
Ben's Game
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Ben passed a third of his counters to Jack, Jack passed a quarter of his counters to Emma and Emma passed a fifth of her counters to Ben. After this they all had the same number of counters.
Pole Star Sudoku 2
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?
Star Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
The puzzle can be solved by finding the values of the unknown digits (all indicated by asterisks) in the squares of the $9\times9$ grid.
LCM Sudoku II
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
You are given the Lowest Common Multiples of sets of digits. Find the digits and then solve the Sudoku.
Rainstorm Sudoku
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use the clues about the shaded areas to help solve this sudoku
Sticky Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you arrange the numbers 1 to 17 in a row so that each adjacent pair adds up to a square number?
Difference Dynamics
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Take three whole numbers. The differences between them give you three new numbers. Find the differences between the new numbers and keep repeating this. What happens?
Advent Calendar 2011 - Secondary
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
Advent Calendar 2011 - a mathematical activity for each day during the run-up to Christmas.
Number Daisy
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you find six numbers to go in the Daisy from which you can make all the numbers from 1 to a number bigger than 25?
Tea Cups
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Place the 16 different combinations of cup/saucer in this 4 by 4 arrangement so that no row or column contains more than one cup or saucer of the same colour.
Coins
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A man has 5 coins in his pocket. Given the clues, can you work out what the coins are?
How Old Are the Children?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A student in a maths class was trying to get some information from her teacher. She was given some clues and then the teacher ended by saying, "Well, how old are they?"
Football Sum
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Find the values of the nine letters in the sum: FOOT + BALL = GAME
Crossing the Bridge
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Four friends must cross a bridge. How can they all cross it in just 17 minutes?
Twin Chute-swapping Sudoku
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
A pair of Sudokus with lots in common. In fact they are the same problem but rearranged. Can you find how they relate to solve them both?
Medal Muddle
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Countries from across the world competed in a sports tournament. Can you devise an efficient strategy to work out the order in which they finished?
Window Frames
Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
This task encourages you to investigate the number of edging pieces and panes in different sized windows.
Cayley
Age 11 to 14 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"?
An Introduction to Magic Squares
Age 7 to 16
Find out about Magic Squares in this article written for students. Why are they magic?!
LOGO Challenge - Sequences and Pentagrams
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
Explore this how this program produces the sequences it does. What are you controlling when you change the values of the variables?
Consecutive Negative Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?
More on Mazes
Age 7 to 14
There is a long tradition of creating mazes throughout history and across the world. This article gives details of mazes you can visit and those that you can tackle on paper.
Twin Corresponding Sudokus II
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
Integrated Sums Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on. . . .
Squares in Rectangles
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?
Magnetic Personality
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
60 pieces and a challenge. What can you make and how many of the pieces can you use creating skeleton polyhedra?
Colour Islands Sudoku
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
An extra constraint means this Sudoku requires you to think in diagonals as well as horizontal and vertical lines and boxes of nine.
Quadruple Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four surrounding cells.
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?
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