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Odd and even numbers. Factors and multiples. Addition & subtraction. Prime numbers. Generalising. Divisibility. Working systematically. Multiplication & division. Selecting and using information. Making and testing hypotheses.There are 52 results
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Which Numbers? (2)
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. Can you find all the numbers in each set from these clues?
Which Numbers? (1)
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. They are the red set, the green set and the blue set. Can you find all the numbers in the sets from these clues?
Table Patterns Go Wild!
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.
Four Coloured Lights
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Imagine a machine with four coloured lights which respond to different rules. Can you find the smallest possible number which will make all four colours light up?
Score
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
There are exactly 3 ways to add 4 odd numbers to get 10. Find all the ways of adding 8 odd numbers to get 20. To be sure of getting all the solutions you will need to be systematic. What about. . . .
Divisively So
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
How many numbers less than 1000 are NOT divisible by either: a) 2 or 5; or b) 2, 5 or 7?
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?
Escape from the Castle
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Skippy and Anna are locked in a room in a large castle. The key to that room, and all the other rooms, is a number. The numbers are locked away in a problem. Can you help them to get out?
X Marks the Spot
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
When the number x 1 x x x is multiplied by 417 this gives the answer 9 x x x 0 5 7. Find the missing digits, each of which is represented by an "x" .
Sort Them Out (2)
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?
The Naked Pair in Sudoku
Age 7 to 16
A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.
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?
Quadruple Sudoku
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four surrounding cells.
Discuss and Choose
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
Online
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
Through the Window
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?
Eight Dominoes
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
Using the 8 dominoes make a square where each of the columns and rows adds up to 8
Fifteen Cards
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you use the information to find out which cards I have used?
Order the Changes
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you order pictures of the development of a frog from frogspawn and of a bean seed growing into a plant?
Top-heavy Pyramids
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Use the numbers in the box below to make the base of a top-heavy pyramid whose top number is 200.
Planning a School Trip
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
Children at Large
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
There are four children in a family, two girls, Kate and Sally, and two boys, Tom and Ben. How old are the children?
Ordering Cards
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
This problem is designed to help children to learn, and to use, the two and three times tables.
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?
Olympic Cards
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Design your own scoring system and play Trumps with these Olympic Sport cards.
Brailler
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
The machine I use to produce Braille messages is faulty and one of the pins that makes a raised dot is not working. I typed a short message in Braille. Can you work out what it really says?
Not Necessarily in That Order
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Baker, Cooper, Jones and Smith are four people whose occupations are teacher, welder, mechanic and programmer, but not necessarily in that order. What is each person’s occupation?
How Tall?
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?
Going for Gold
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?
Back to the Practical?
Age 7 to 14
In this article for teachers, Bernard uses some problems to suggest that once a numerical pattern has been spotted from a practical starting point, going back to the practical can help explain. . . .
Sweet Shop
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Five children went into the sweet shop after school. There were choco bars, chews, mini eggs and lollypops, all costing under 50p. Suggest a way in which Nathan could spend all his money.
John's Train Is on Time
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
A train leaves on time. After it has gone 8 miles (at 33mph) the driver looks at his watch and sees that the hour hand is exactly over the minute hand. When did the train leave the station?
A-maze-ing
Age 7 to 14
Did you know that ancient traditional mazes often tell a story? Remembering the story helps you to draw the maze.
Only Connect
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
The graph represents a salesman’s area of activity with the shops that the salesman must visit each day. What route around the shops has the minimum total distance?
Flight of the Flibbins
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Blue Flibbins are so jealous of their red partners that they will not leave them on their own with any other bue Flibbin. What is the quickest way of getting the five pairs of Flibbins safely to. . . .
Pattern of Islands
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
In how many distinct ways can six islands be joined by bridges so that each island can be reached from every other island...
Happy Octopus
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
This investigation is about happy numbers in the World of the Octopus where all numbers are written in base 8 ... Find all the fixed points and cycles for the happy number sequences in base 8.
What Does it Say to You?
Age 5 to 11
Written for teachers, this article discusses mathematical representations and takes, in the second part of the article, examples of reception children's own representations.
Euromaths
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
How many ways can you write the word EUROMATHS by starting at the top left hand corner and taking the next letter by stepping one step down or one step to the right in a 5x5 array?
Problem Solving, Using and Applying and Functional Mathematics
Age 5 to 18
Challenge Level
Problem solving is at the heart of the NRICH site. All the problems give learners opportunities to learn, develop or use mathematical concepts and skills. Read here for more information.
Jig Shapes
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?
Bell Ringing
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Suppose you are a bellringer. Can you find the changes so that, starting and ending with a round, all the 24 possible permutations are rung once each and only once?
Football Crazy Hockey Mad
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
In a league of 5 football teams which play in a round robin tournament show that it is possible for all five teams to be league leaders.
In Order
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you rank these quantities in order? You may need to find out extra information or perform some experiments to justify your rankings.
Letter Land
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
If: A + C = A; F x D = F; B - G = G; A + H = E; B / H = G; E - G = F and A-H represent the numbers from 0 to 7 Find the values of A, B, C, D, E, F and H.
Order, Order!
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?
Inspector Morse
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
You may like to read the article on Morse code before attempting this question. Morse's letter analysis was done over 150 years ago, so might there be a better allocation of symbols today?
How Would You Score It?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.