Addition and subtraction

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?

On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?

In Sam and Jill's garden there are two sorts of ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots. What numbers of total spots can you make?

There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?

Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?

These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?

Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.