Addition and subtraction

There are 355 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Addition and subtraction
Super Shapes
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Super shapes

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7 to 11
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The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems. Can you discover its value in each problem?

Two Primes Make One Square
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Two primes make one square

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7 to 11
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Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Cunning Card Trick
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Cunning card trick

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11 to 14
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Delight your friends with this cunning trick! Can you explain how it works?
Tug of War
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Tug of war

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5 to 7
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Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?

Crossed Ends
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Crossed ends

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11 to 14
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Crosses can be drawn on number grids of various sizes. What do you notice when you add opposite ends?
Follow the numbers
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Follow the numbers

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7 to 11
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What happens when you add the digits of a number then multiply the result by 2 and you keep doing this? You could try for different numbers and different rules.

Noah
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Noah

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5 to 7
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Noah saw 12 legs walk by into the Ark. How many creatures did he see?
Two and Two
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Two and two

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7 to 16
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How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

Cubes within Cubes
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Cubes within cubes

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7 to 14
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We start with one yellow cube and build around it to make a 3x3x3 cube with red cubes. Then we build around that red cube with blue cubes and so on. How many cubes of each colour have we used?

Consecutive Seven
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Consecutive seven

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11 to 14
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Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?