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Taking a Die for a Walk

5 to 11

Investigate the numbers that come up on a die as you roll it in the direction of north, south, east and west, without going over the path it's already made.

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Four Teachers Using NRICH

5 to 11

Vicki Pike was one of four NRICH Teacher Fellows who worked on embedding NRICH materials into their teaching. In this article, she writes about her experiences of working with students at Key Stage two.

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Tom's Number

7 to 11

Work out Tom's number from the answers he gives his friend. He will only answer 'yes' or 'no'.

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An Average Average Speed

14 to 16

My average speed for a journey was 50 mph, my return average speed of 70 mph. Why wasn't my average speed for the round trip 60mph ?

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Strange Bank Account (part 2)

11 to 14

Investigate different ways of making £5 at Charlie's bank.

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Box Plot Match

14 to 16

Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.

Placeholder: several colourful numbers

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Accessibility Statement

An accessibility statement for NRICH

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The Naked Pair in Sudoku

7 to 16

A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.

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Finding Fifteen

7 to 11

Tim had nine cards each with a different number from 1 to 9 on it. How could he have put them into three piles so that the total in each pile was 15?

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Some Secret Codes

7 to 11

Can you follow the rule to decode the messages?