Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
In this article for teachers, Liz Woodham describes conversations with Luke, aged 7, as they worked on some mathematics together.
Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?
In this article Jenny talks about Assessing Pupils' Progress and the use of NRICH problems.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?
Jennifer Piggott and Steve Hewson write about an area of teaching and learning mathematics that has been engaging their interest recently. As they explain, the word 'trick' can be applied to mathematical activity in many ways.
