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Broad Topics > Calculations and Numerical Methods > Multiplication & division
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?
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?
Code Breaker
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This problem is based on a code using two different prime numbers less than 10. You'll need to multiply them together and shift the alphabet forwards by the result. Can you decipher the code?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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In the multiplication calculation, some of the digits have been replaced by letters and others by asterisks.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?
Clock Face
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Where can you draw a line on a clock face so that the numbers on both sides have the same total?
Making Longer, Making Shorter
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?
Sending Cards
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This challenge asks you to investigate the total number of cards that would be sent if four children send one to all three others. How many would be sent if there were five children? Six?
Gift Stacks
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Use the information to work out how many gifts there are in each pile.
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?
The Deca Tree
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
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.
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!
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?
Cows and Sheep
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your logical reasoning to work out how many cows and how many sheep there are in each field.
Developing Number Fluency - What, Why and How
Age 5 to 11
In this article for primary teachers, Lynne McClure outlines what is meant by fluency in the context of number and explains how our selection of NRICH tasks can help.
Throw a 100
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you score 100 by throwing rings on this board? Is there more than way to do it?
Place Value as a Building Block for Developing Fluency in the Calculation Process
Age 5 to 11
This article for primary teachers encourages exploration of two fundamental ideas, exchange and 'unitising', which will help children become more fluent when calculating.
Function Machines
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
If the numbers 5, 7 and 4 go into this function machine, what numbers will come out?
One Million to Seven
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
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?
The Money Maze
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Go through the maze, collecting and losing your money as you go. Which route gives you the highest return? And the lowest?
Exploring Wild & Wonderful Number Patterns
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
EWWNP means Exploring Wild and Wonderful Number Patterns Created by Yourself! Investigate what happens if we create number patterns using some simple rules.
Starfish Spotting
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
How many starfish could there be on the beach, and how many children, if I can see 28 arms?
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?
Multiplication Series: Illustrating Number Properties with Arrays
Age 5 to 11
This article for teachers describes how modelling number properties involving multiplication using an array of objects not only allows children to represent their thinking with concrete materials,. . . .
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!
Napier's Bones
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
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?
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.
Oranges and Lemons
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
On the table there is a pile of oranges and lemons that weighs exactly one kilogram. Using the information, can you work out how many lemons there are?
Rocco's Race
Age 7 to 11 Short
Challenge Level
Rocco ran in a 200 m race for his class. Use the information to find out how many runners there were in the race and what Rocco's finishing position was.
The 24 Game
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
There are over sixty different ways of making 24 by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing all four numbers 4, 6, 6 and 8 (using each number only once). How many can you find?
Doplication
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
We can arrange dots in a similar way to the 5 on a dice and they usually sit quite well into a rectangular shape. How many altogether in this 3 by 5? What happens for other sizes?
Sometimes We Lose Things
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Well now, what would happen if we lost all the nines in our number system? Have a go at writing the numbers out in this way and have a look at the multiplications table.
Magic Constants
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In a Magic Square all the rows, columns and diagonals add to the 'Magic Constant'. How would you change the magic constant of this square?
The Number Crunching Machine
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Put a number at the top of the machine and collect a number at the bottom. What do you get? Which numbers get back to themselves?
Bundles of Cubes
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Watch this animation. What do you notice? What happens when you try more or fewer cubes in a bundle?
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?
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?
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.
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?
Dividing a Cake
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Annie cut this numbered cake into 3 pieces with 3 cuts so that the numbers on each piece added to the same total. Where were the cuts and what fraction of the whole cake was each piece?
Sept03 Sept03 Sept03
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This number has 903 digits. What is the sum of all 903 digits?
Children's Mathematical Graphics: Understanding the Key Concept
Age 5 to 7
In this article for teachers, Elizabeth Carruthers and Maulfry Worthington explore the differences between 'recording mathematics' and 'representing mathematical thinking'.
The Clockmaker's Birthday Cake
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
The clockmaker's wife cut up his birthday cake to look like a clock face. Can you work out who received each piece?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.