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Games Related to Nim
Age 5 to 16
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.
Nim-7 for Two
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
Nim-7 game for an adult and child. Who will be the one to take the last counter?
One, Three, Five, Seven
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players. Set out 16 counters in rows of 1,3,5 and 7. Players take turns to remove any number of counters from a row. The player left with the last counter looses.
Button-up Some More
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
How many ways can you find to do up all four buttons on my coat? How about if I had five buttons? Six ...?
Broken Toaster
Age 7 to 11 Short
Challenge Level
Only one side of a two-slice toaster is working. What is the quickest way to toast both sides of three slices of bread?
Play to 37
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Pentanim
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players with similarities to NIM. Place one counter on each spot on the games board. Players take it is turns to remove 1 or 2 adjacent counters. The winner picks up the last counter.
Maths Trails
Age 7 to 14
The NRICH team are always looking for new ways to engage teachers and pupils in problem solving. Here we explain the thinking behind maths trails.
Have You Got It?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Strike it Out
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Dotty Circle
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Watch this film carefully. Can you find a general rule for explaining when the dot will be this same distance from the horizontal axis?
Circles, Circles
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Here are some arrangements of circles. How many circles would I need to make the next size up for each? Can you create your own arrangement and investigate the number of circles it needs?
Window Frames
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
This task encourages you to investigate the number of edging pieces and panes in different sized windows.
Got it for Two
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Got It game for an adult and child. How can you play so that you know you will always win?
Nim-7
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Strike it Out for Two
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?
Winning Lines
Age 7 to 16
An article for teachers and pupils that encourages you to look at the mathematical properties of similar games.
Build it Up
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you find all the ways to get 15 at the top of this triangle of numbers? Many opportunities to work in different ways.
Truth or Lie
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Take a look at the video of this trick. Can you perform it yourself? Why is this maths and not magic?
Arithmagons
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
Steps to the Podium
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
It starts quite simple but great opportunities for number discoveries and patterns!
Magic Letters
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
Tumbling Down
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Watch this animation. What do you see? Can you explain why this happens?
Taking Steps
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In each of the pictures the invitation is for you to: Count what you see. Identify how you think the pattern would continue.
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.
Keep it Simple
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Can all unit fractions be written as the sum of two unit fractions?
Hidden Rectangles
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Rectangles are considered different if they vary in size or have different locations. How many different rectangles can be drawn on a chessboard?
Sitting Round the Party Tables
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.
Finding 3D Stacks
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?
Three Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?
Egyptian Fractions
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. Here is a chance to explore how they could have written different fractions.
Triangle Pin-down
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Use the interactivity to investigate what kinds of triangles can be drawn on peg boards with different numbers of pegs.
Charitable Pennies
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Investigate the different ways that fifteen schools could have given money in a charity fundraiser.
Round the Four Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.
Cunning Card Trick
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Delight your friends with this cunning trick! Can you explain how it works?
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. . . .
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?
Roll over the Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Watch this video to see how to roll the dice. Now it's your turn! What do you notice about the dice numbers you have recorded?
Dicing with Numbers
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a surface so that the sum of the numbers on each of the four faces (top, bottom, front and back) is equal?
Consecutive Negative Numbers
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?
Centred Squares
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This challenge, written for the Young Mathematicians' Award, invites you to explore 'centred squares'.
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.
Dice Stairs
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you make dice stairs using the rules stated? How do you know you have all the possible stairs?
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?
Squares in Rectangles
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?
Round the Dice Decimals 1
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
Round the Dice Decimals 2
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.