Exploring and noticing

There are 319 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Exploring and noticing
Fractions in a Box
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Fractions in a Box

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square hole for each. Use the information to find out how many discs of each colour there are in the box.
In the Money
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In the Money

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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One quarter of these coins are heads but when I turn over two coins, one third are heads. How many coins are there?
Find a Path
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Find a Path

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you find a path from a number at the top of this network to the bottom which goes through each number from 1 to 9 once and once only?
Path to the Stars
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Path to the Stars

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Is it possible to draw a 5-pointed star without taking your pencil off the paper? Is it possible to draw a 6-pointed star in the same way without taking your pen off?
Four Colours
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Four Colours

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Kate has eight multilink cubes. She has two red ones, two yellow, two green and two blue. She wants to fit them together to make a cube so that each colour shows on each face just once.
Mystery Matrix
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Mystery Matrix

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.
The Moons of Vuvv
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The Moons of Vuvv

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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The planet of Vuvv has seven moons. Can you work out how long it is between each super-eclipse?
What's it worth?
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What's it worth?

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?
Twenty Divided into Six
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Twenty Divided into Six

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?
Amy's Dominoes
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Amy's Dominoes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?