Being curious

There are 95 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being curious

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What numbers can we make now?

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

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Three neighbours

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

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Digit Addition

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?

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The Number Jumbler

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

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Fruity Totals

Age

7 to 16

Challenge level

In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?

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Triangle transformation

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Start with a triangle. Can you cut it up to make a rectangle?

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Multiplication arithmagons

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?

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Reversals

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?

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Unequal Averages

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Play around with sets of five numbers and see what you can discover about different types of average...

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Wipeout

Age

11 to 16

Challenge level

Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?

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Being curious

What numbers can we make now?

Three neighbours

Digit Addition

The Number Jumbler

Fruity Totals

Triangle transformation

Multiplication arithmagons

Reversals

Unequal Averages

Wipeout