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Selecting and using information. Divisibility. Generalising. Multiplication & division. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Modular arithmetic. Working systematically. Place value. Prime numbers. Factors and multiples.There are 133 results
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Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
Multiples Sudoku
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
A First Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Given the products of adjacent cells, can you complete this Sudoku?
American Billions
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...
LCM Sudoku
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.
Integrated Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.
Ben's Game
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Ben, Jack and Emma passed counters to each other and ended with the same number of counters. How many did they start with?
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?"
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.
Ones Only
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Find the smallest whole number which, when mutiplied by 7, gives a product consisting entirely of ones.
Gabriel's Problem
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Gabriel multiplied together some numbers and then erased them. Can you figure out where each number was?
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?
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"?
Diagonal Product Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
Shopping Basket
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?
Add to 200
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
By selecting digits for an addition grid, what targets can you make?
Difference Sudoku
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.
Football Sum
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Find the values of the nine letters in the sum: FOOT + BALL = GAME
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
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?
Factor Lines
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Alphabetti Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
This Sudoku requires you to do some working backwards before working forwards.
Weights
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?
Peaches Today, Peaches Tomorrow...
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A monkey with peaches, keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long can his peaches last?
Making Maths: Double-sided Magic Square
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Make your own double-sided magic square. But can you complete both sides once you've made the pieces?
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?
Two and Two
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
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.
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?
Latin Squares
Age 11 to 18
A Latin square of order n is an array of n symbols in which each symbol occurs exactly once in each row and exactly once in each column.
Rainstorm Sudoku
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use the clues about the shaded areas to help solve this sudoku
Twin Line-swapping Sudoku
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A pair of Sudoku puzzles that together lead to a complete solution.
Addition Equation Sudoku
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
You need to find the values of the stars before you can apply normal Sudoku rules.
Charitable Pennies
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Investigate the different ways that fifteen schools could have given money in a charity fundraiser.
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?
Wallpaper Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
A Sudoku that uses transformations as supporting clues.
Advent Sudoku
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Rather than using the numbers 1-9, this sudoku uses the nine different letters used to make the words "Advent Calendar".
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. . . .
Quadruple Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four surrounding cells.
Latin Lilies
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Have a go at this game which has been inspired by the Big Internet Math-Off 2019. Can you gain more columns of lily pads than your opponent?
An Introduction to Magic Squares
Age 7 to 16
Find out about Magic Squares in this article written for students. Why are they magic?!
Rectangle Outline Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Each of the main diagonals of this sudoku must contain the numbers 1 to 9 and each rectangle width the numbers 1 to 4.
Olympic Logic
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
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?
Twin Corresponding Sudokus II
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
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.
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.
Where Can We Visit?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Charlie and Abi put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: x2 and -5. What do you think?
Another Quadruple Clue Sudoku
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
This is a variation of sudoku which contains a set of special clue-numbers. Each set of 4 small digits stands for the numbers in the four cells of the grid adjacent to this set.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.