Addition and subtraction

There are 355 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Addition and subtraction
Six is the Sum
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Six is the sum

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
Book Codes
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Book codes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Look on the back of any modern book and you will find an ISBN code. Take this code and calculate this sum in the way shown. Can you see what the answers always have in common?
Next Number
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Next number

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Find the next number in this pattern: 3, 7, 19, 55 ...
Dividing a Cake
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Dividing a cake

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Annie cut this numbered cake into 3 pieces with 3 cuts so that the numbers on each piece added to the same total. Where were the cuts and what fraction of the whole cake was each piece?
Postage
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Postage

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The country Sixtania prints postage stamps with only three values 6 lucres, 10 lucres and 15 lucres (where the currency is in lucres).Which values cannot be made up with combinations of these postage stamps? Prove that all other values can be made up.
Polo Square
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Polo square

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Arrange eight of the numbers between 1 and 9 in the Polo Square below so that each side adds to the same total.
Multiply the Addition Square
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Multiply the addition square

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the difference between these products. Why?
Wild Jack
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Wild jack

A game for 2 or more players with a pack of cards. Practise your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to hit the target score.

Bean Bags for Bernard's Bag
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Bean bags for bernard's bag

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How could you put eight beanbags in the hoops so that there are four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can you find all the ways of doing this?
Domino Join Up
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Domino join up

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you arrange fifteen dominoes so that all the touching domino pieces add to 6 and the ends join up? Can you make all the joins add to 7?