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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?
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?
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?
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?
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.
Countdown
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
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 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?
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?
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.
Got a Strategy for Last Biscuit?
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you beat the computer in the challenging strategy 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?
Excel Interactive Resource: Interactive Division
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use an Excel to investigate division. Explore the relationships between the process elements using an interactive spreadsheet.
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. . . .
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.
Cushion Ball Interactivity
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The interactive diagram has two labelled points, A and B. It is designed to be used with the problem "Cushion Ball"
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.
Excel Interactive Resource: Fraction Multiplication
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use Excel to explore multiplication of fractions.
Jam
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
To avoid losing think of another very well known game where the patterns of play are similar.
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.
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
More Number Pyramids
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Fractions and Percentages Card Game
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you find the pairs that represent the same amount of money?
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?
Loci Resources
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
This set of resources for teachers offers interactive environments to support work on loci at Key Stage 4.
Interactive Number Patterns
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
How good are you at finding the formula for a number pattern ?
Countdown Fractions
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
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?
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?
Excel Interactive Resource: Equivalent Fraction Bars
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
A simple file for the Interactive whiteboard or PC screen, demonstrating equivalent fractions.
Excel Interactive Resource: Haitch
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
An Excel spreadsheet with an investigation.
Percentages for Key Stage 4
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A group of interactive resources to support work on percentages Key Stage 4.
Excel Interactive Resource: Number Grid Functions
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use Excel to investigate the effect of translations around a number grid.
Excel Interactive Resource: the up and Down Game
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to explore number in this exciting game!
Excel Interactive Resource: Long Multiplication
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use an Excel spreadsheet to explore long multiplication.
Excel Interactive Resource: Multiples Chain
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to investigate factors and multiples.
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.
Excel Interactive Resource: Fraction Addition & Fraction Subtraction
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use Excel to practise adding and subtracting fractions.
Cuisenaire Environment
Age 5 to 16 Challenge Level:
An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.
Trigonometric Protractor
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
An environment that simulates a protractor carrying a right- angled triangle of unit hypotenuse.
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.
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 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.
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?
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?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.