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Working systematically. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Addition & subtraction. Symmetry. Integers. Factors and multiples. Selecting and using information. Multiplication & division. Dominoes. Place value.There are 96 results
Broad Topics > Thinking Mathematically > Mathematical reasoning & proof
Tis Unique
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
This addition sum uses all ten digits 0, 1, 2...9 exactly once. Find the sum and show that the one you give is the only possibility.
Aba
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
In the following sum the letters A, B, C, D, E and F stand for six distinct digits. Find all the ways of replacing the letters with digits so that the arithmetic is correct.
Adding All Nine
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some. . . .
Less Is More
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?
Making Pathways
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you find different ways of creating paths using these paving slabs?
Interactive Balance
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
In this simulation of a balance, you can drag numbers and parts of number sentences on to the trays. Have a play!
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?
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.
Square Subtraction
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Look at what happens when you take a number, square it and subtract your answer. What kind of number do you get? Can you prove it?
What Do You Need?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Four of these clues are needed to find the chosen number on this grid and four are true but do nothing to help in finding the number. Can you sort out the clues and find the number?
Largest Product
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Which set of numbers that add to 10 have the largest product?
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.
The Genie in the Jar
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
This jar used to hold perfumed oil. It contained enough oil to fill granid silver bottles. Each bottle held enough to fill ozvik golden goblets and each goblet held enough to fill vaswik crystal. . . .
More Mathematical Mysteries
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Write down a three-digit number Change the order of the digits to get a different number Find the difference between the two three digit numbers Follow the rest of the instructions then try. . . .
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?
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.
Take Three Numbers
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?
Add 3 Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Three dice are placed in a row. Find a way to turn each one so that the three numbers on top of the dice total the same as the three numbers on the front of the dice. Can you find all the ways to do. . . .
Three Neighbours
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Look at three 'next door neighbours' amongst the counting numbers. Add them together. What do you notice?
Chocolate Maths
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Pick the number of times a week that you eat chocolate. This number must be more than one but less than ten. Multiply this number by 2. Add 5 (for Sunday). Multiply by 50... Can you explain why it. . . .
Always, Sometimes or Never? Number
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
True or False?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Without doing lots of calculations, can you decide which of these number sentences are true? How do you know?
9 Weights
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
You have been given nine weights, one of which is slightly heavier than the rest. Can you work out which weight is heavier in just two weighings of the balance?
What Numbers Can We Make Now?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?
Sweetie Box
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
One O Five
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
You can work out the number someone else is thinking of as follows. Ask a friend to think of any natural number less than 100. Then ask them to tell you the remainders when this number is divided by. . . .
Even So
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Find some triples of whole numbers a, b and c such that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 is a multiple of 4. Is it necessarily the case that a, b and c must all be even? If so, can you explain why?
Calendar Capers
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...
Reasoning: Identifying Opportunities (article)
Age 5 to 11
In this article for primary teachers we consider in depth when we might reason which helps us understand what reasoning 'looks like'.
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?
Take One Example
Age 5 to 11
This article introduces the idea of generic proof for younger children and illustrates how one example can offer a proof of a general result through unpacking its underlying structure.
Is it Magic or Is it Maths?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Here are three 'tricks' to amaze your friends. But the really clever trick is explaining to them why these 'tricks' are maths not magic. Like all good magicians, you should practice by trying. . . .
Mindreader
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
Always, Sometimes or Never?
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?
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?
Power Mad!
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.
Reasoning: the Journey from Novice to Expert (article)
Age 5 to 11
This article for primary teachers suggests ways in which we can help learners move from being novice reasoners to expert reasoners.
What Numbers Can We Make?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
Guess What?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you find out which 3D shape your partner has chosen before they work out your shape?
Seven Squares - Group-worthy Task
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
Tourism
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable. Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.
Go Forth and Generalise
Age 11 to 14
Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.
Always, Sometimes or Never? Shape
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
More Number Pyramids
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
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...
Elevenses
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?
Classifying Solids Using Angle Deficiency
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Toni Beardon has chosen this article introducing a rich area for practical exploration and discovery in 3D geometry
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.