Addition and subtraction

There are 355 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Addition and subtraction
Alphabet Soup
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Alphabet soup

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This challenge is to make up YOUR OWN alphanumeric. Each letter represents a digit and where the same letter appears more than once it must represent the same digit each time.
Difference
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Difference

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Place the numbers 1 to 10 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
Here to There 1 2 3
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Here to there 1 2 3

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Move from the START to the FINISH by moving across or down to the next square. Can you find a route to make these totals?
Alphabetti Sudoku
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Alphabetti sudoku

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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This Sudoku requires you to do some working backwards before working forwards.
Asteroid Blast
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Asteroid blast

A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
Sometimes we lose things
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Sometimes we lose things

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Well now, what would happen if we lost all the nines in our number system? Have a go at writing the numbers out in this way and have a look at the multiplications table.
Up and Down
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Up and down

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Sam got into an elevator. He went down five floors, up six floors, down seven floors, then got out on the second floor. On what floor did he get on?
Fair Exchange
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Fair exchange

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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In your bank, you have three types of coins. The number of spots shows how much they are worth. Can you choose coins to exchange with the groups given to make the same total?
As Easy as 1,2,3
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As easy as 1,2,3

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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When I type a sequence of letters my calculator gives the product of all the numbers in the corresponding memories. What numbers should I store so that when I type 'ONE' it returns 1, and when I type 'TWO' it returns 2, and so on.
Largest Number
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Largest number

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the largest number you can make using the three digits 2, 3 and 4 in any way you like, using any operations you like? You can only use each digit once.