Exploring and noticing

There are 319 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Exploring and noticing
Fair Shares?
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Fair Shares?

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A mother wants to share a sum of money by giving each of her children in turn a lump sum plus a fraction of the remainder. How can she do this in order to share the money out equally?
Plus Minus
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Plus Minus

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you explain the surprising results Jo found when she calculated the difference between square numbers?
Alphabet Soup
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Alphabet Soup

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This challenge is to make up YOUR OWN alphanumeric. Each letter represents a digit and where the same letter appears more than once it must represent the same digit each time.
How old am I?
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How old am I?

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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In 15 years' time my age will be the square of my age 15 years ago. Can you work out my age, and when I had other special birthdays?
Differences
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Differences

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you guarantee that, for any three numbers you choose, the product of their differences will always be an even number?
Dozens
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Dozens

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
A Mean Tetrahedron
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A Mean Tetrahedron

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you number the vertices, edges and faces of a tetrahedron so that the number on each edge is the mean of the numbers on the adjacent vertices and the mean of the numbers on the adjacent faces?
Hallway Borders
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Hallway Borders

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What are the possible dimensions of a rectangular hallway if the number of tiles around the perimeter is exactly half the total number of tiles?
Number Sandwiches
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Number Sandwiches

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 to make a Number Sandwich?
Pair Sums
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Pair Sums

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Five numbers added together in pairs produce: 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 What are the five numbers?