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Prime numbers. Indices. Multiplication & division. Generalising. Place value. Divisibility. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Factors and multiples. Working systematically.There are 23 results
Broad Topics > Properties of Numbers > Prime numbers
A Biggy
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Find the smallest positive integer N such that N/2 is a perfect cube, N/3 is a perfect fifth power and N/5 is a perfect seventh power.
Just Repeat
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Think of any three-digit number. Repeat the digits. The 6-digit number that you end up with is divisible by 91. Is this a coincidence?
Thirty Six Exactly
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
The number 12 = 2^2 × 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
Fac-finding
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Lyndon chose this as one of his favourite problems. It is accessible but needs some careful analysis of what is included and what is not. A systematic approach is really helpful.
Factoring Factorials
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Find the highest power of 11 that will divide into 1000! exactly.
Different by One
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you make lines of Cuisenaire rods that differ by 1?
Powerful Factorial
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The highest power of 2 that divides exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4 ) = 45. What is the highest power of two that divides exactly into 100!?
Gaxinta
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A number N is divisible by 10, 90, 98 and 882 but it is NOT divisible by 50 or 270 or 686 or 1764. It is also known that N is a factor of 9261000. What is N?
Flow Chart
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
The flow chart requires two numbers, M and N. Select several values for M and try to establish what the flow chart does.
Sieve of Eratosthenes
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.
One to Eight
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Complete the following expressions so that each one gives a four digit number as the product of two two digit numbers and uses the digits 1 to 8 once and only once.
There's Always One Isn't There
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Take any pair of numbers, say 9 and 14. Take the larger number, fourteen, and count up in 14s. Then divide each of those values by the 9, and look at the remainders.
Great Granddad
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Great Granddad is very proud of his telegram from the Queen congratulating him on his hundredth birthday and he has friends who are even older than he is... When was he born?
Factoring a Million
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
In how many ways can the number 1 000 000 be expressed as the product of three positive integers?
Why 24?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Take any prime number greater than 3 , square it and subtract one. Working on the building blocks will help you to explain what is special about your results.
Strange Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
All strange numbers are prime. Every one digit prime number is strange and a number of two or more digits is strange if and only if so are the two numbers obtained from it by omitting either. . . .
Factors and Multiples Puzzle
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?
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.
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?
Factors and Multiples Game for Two
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Factors and Multiples game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you win this game?
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?
An Introduction to Proof by Contradiction
Age 14 to 18
An introduction to proof by contradiction, a powerful method of mathematical proof.
Coins
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A man has 5 coins in his pocket. Given the clues, can you work out what the coins are?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.