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Investigations. Games. Visualising. Selecting and using information. Addition & subtraction. Interactivities. Factors and multiples. Working systematically. Combinations. Resilient.There are 106 results
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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?
More Magic Potting Sheds
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
Have You Got It?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Fifteen
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you spot the similarities between this game and other games you know? The aim is to choose 3 numbers that total 15.
Got it Article
Age 7 to 14
This article gives you a few ideas for understanding the Got It! game and how you might find a winning strategy.
Countdown
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Magic Potting Sheds
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?
Disappearing Square
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Do you know how to find the area of a triangle? You can count the squares. What happens if we turn the triangle on end? Press the button and see. Try counting the number of units in the triangle now. . . .
Cogs
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A and B are two interlocking cogwheels having p teeth and q teeth respectively. One tooth on B is painted red. Find the values of p and q for which the red tooth on B contacts every gap on the. . . .
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.
Got It
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Isosceles Triangles
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
Partitioning Revisited
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Number Pyramids
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
Matching Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
An activity based on the game 'Pelmanism'. Set your own level of challenge and beat your own previous best score.
First Connect Three
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Add or subtract the two numbers on the spinners and try to complete a row of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
Factors and Multiples Game
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Stars
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you find a relationship between the number of dots on the circle and the number of steps that will ensure that all points are hit?
Treasure Hunt
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
Sliding Puzzle
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
Icosian Game
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.
Jam
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
To avoid losing think of another very well known game where the patterns of play are similar.
White Box
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
Instant Insanity
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
Given the nets of 4 cubes with the faces coloured in 4 colours, build a tower so that on each vertical wall no colour is repeated, that is all 4 colours appear.
Balancing 3
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Mo has left, but Meg is still experimenting. Use the interactivity to help you find out how she can alter her pouch of marbles and still keep the two pouches balanced.
Olympic Magic
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
in how many ways can you place the numbers 1, 2, 3 … 9 in the nine regions of the Olympic Emblem (5 overlapping circles) so that the amount in each ring is the same?
Magic W
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Find all the ways of placing the numbers 1 to 9 on a W shape, with 3 numbers on each leg, so that each set of 3 numbers has the same total.
Just Rolling Round
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
P is a point on the circumference of a circle radius r which rolls, without slipping, inside a circle of radius 2r. What is the locus of P?
Nine Colours
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?
Inside Out
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
There are 27 small cubes in a 3 x 3 x 3 cube, 54 faces being visible at any one time. Is it possible to reorganise these cubes so that by dipping the large cube into a pot of paint three times you. . . .
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?
Konigsberg Plus
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Euler discussed whether or not it was possible to stroll around Koenigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Experiment with different numbers of islands and bridges.
Ratio Pairs 3
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Match pairs of cards so that they have equivalent ratios.
Square It
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Balancing 2
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Meg and Mo still need to hang their marbles so that they balance, but this time the constraints are different. Use the interactivity to experiment and find out what they need to do.
Balancing 1
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Meg and Mo need to hang their marbles so that they balance. Use the interactivity to experiment and find out what they need to do.
Picturing Triangular Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Triangular numbers can be represented by a triangular array of squares. What do you notice about the sum of identical triangle numbers?
Got a Strategy for Last Biscuit?
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you beat the computer in the challenging strategy game?
Changing Places
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Place a red counter in the top left corner of a 4x4 array, which is covered by 14 other smaller counters, leaving a gap in the bottom right hand corner (HOME). What is the smallest number of moves. . . .
Cubic Net
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
This is an interactive net of a Rubik's cube. Twists of the 3D cube become mixes of the squares on the 2D net. Have a play and see how many scrambles you can undo!
Factors and Multiples - Secondary Resources
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
A collection of resources to support work on Factors and Multiples at Secondary level.
More Number Pyramids
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Countdown Fractions
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
Spot the Card
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
It is possible to identify a particular card out of a pack of 15 with the use of some mathematical reasoning. What is this reasoning and can it be applied to other numbers of cards?
Poly Plug Rectangles
Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
An Unhappy End
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Two engines, at opposite ends of a single track railway line, set off towards one another just as a fly, sitting on the front of one of the engines, sets off flying along the railway line...
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.