Addition and subtraction

There are 338 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Addition and subtraction
Digit Sum
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Digit Sum

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the sum of all the digits in all the integers from one to one million?
Card Trick 2
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Card Trick 2

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you explain how this card trick works?
Pair Sums
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Pair Sums

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Five numbers added together in pairs produce: 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 What are the five numbers?
Have you got it?
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Have you got it?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Birthday Cakes
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Birthday Cakes

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?
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?
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?
Butterfly Flowers
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Butterfly Flowers

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?
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?
The Puzzling Sweet Shop
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The Puzzling Sweet Shop

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?