Addition and subtraction

  • Got \It for Two
    game

    Got it for two

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Got It game for an adult and child. How can you play so that you know you will always win?

  • problem

    Three neighbours

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

  • Cubes within Cubes
    problem

    Cubes within cubes

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    We start with one yellow cube and build around it to make a 3x3x3 cube with red cubes. Then we build around that red cube with blue cubes and so on. How many cubes of each colour have we used?

  • More children and plants
    problem

    More children and plants

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    This challenge extends the Plants investigation so now four or more children are involved.
  • More plant spaces
    problem

    More plant spaces

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    This challenging activity involves finding different ways to distribute fifteen items among four sets, when the sets must include three, four, five and six items.
  • Twenty20
    game

    Twenty20

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Fancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows.
  • 5 by 5 Mathdokus
    problem

    5 by 5 Mathdokus

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you use the clues to complete these 5 by 5 Mathematical Sudokus?

  • 6 by 6 Mathdokus
    problem

    6 by 6 Mathdokus

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you use the clues to complete these 6 by 6 Mathematical Sudokus?

  • Two and Two
    problem

    Two and two

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

  • Calendar Capers
    problem

    Calendar capers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...