Addition and subtraction

There are 355 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Addition and subtraction
Planet Plex Time
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Planet plex time

Age
5 to 7
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On Planet Plex, there are only 6 hours in the day. Can you answer these questions about how Arog the Alien spends his day?
A Numbered Route
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A numbered route

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you draw a continuous line through 16 numbers on this grid so that the total of the numbers you pass through is as high as possible?
Two Number Lines
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Two number lines

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Max and Mandy put their number lines together to make a graph. How far had each of them moved along and up from 0 to get the counter to the place marked?
Lengthy journeys
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Lengthy journeys

Age
7 to 11
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Investigate the different distances of these car journeys and find out how long they take.
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
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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.
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.