Divisibility

There are 75 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Divisibility
Divisively so
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Divisively so

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many numbers less than 1000 are NOT divisible by either: a) 2 or 5; or b) 2, 5 or 7?
Remainder
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Remainder

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the remainder when 2^2002 is divided by 7? What happens with different powers of 2?
Essential Supplies
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Essential supplies

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Chocolate bars come in boxes of 5 or boxes of 12. How many boxes do you need to have exactly 2005 chocolate bars?
Adding all nine
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Adding all nine

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some other possibilities for yourself!
Square Routes
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Square routes

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many four digit square numbers are composed of even numerals? What four digit square numbers can be reversed and become the square of another number?
396
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396

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The four digits 5, 6, 7 and 8 are put at random in the spaces of the number : 3 _ 1 _ 4 _ 0 _ 9 2 Calculate the probability that the answer will be a multiple of 396.
Missing Digit
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Missing digit

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What digit must replace the star to make the number a multiple of 11?
Code to Zero
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Code to zero

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Find all 3 digit numbers such that by adding the first digit, the square of the second and the cube of the third you get the original number, for example 1 + 3^2 + 5^3 = 135.
Just Repeat
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Just repeat

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Think of any three-digit number. Repeat the digits. The 6-digit number that you end up with is divisible by 91. Is this a coincidence?
Coin Collection
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Coin collection

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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When coins are put into piles of six 3 remain and in piles of eight 7 remain. How many remain when they are put into piles of 24?