Factors and multiples

There are 252 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Factors and multiples
Guess the Dominoes for Two
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Guess the dominoes for two

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Guess the Dominoes for child and adult. Work out which domino your partner has chosen by asking good questions.
Magical Products
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Magical products

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you place the nine cards onto a 3x3 grid such that every row, column and diagonal has a product of 1?
Substitution Transposed
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Substitution transposed

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Substitution and Transposition all in one! How fiendish can these codes get?
Transposition cipher
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Transposition cipher

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you work out what size grid you need to read our secret message?
How old are the children?
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How old are the children?

Age
11 to 14
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A student in a maths class was trying to get some information from her teacher. She was given some clues and then the teacher ended by saying, "Well, how old are they?"
Divisively so
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Divisively so

Age
11 to 14
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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?
Back of the Queue
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Back of the queue

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Weekly Problem 48 - 2013
What is the remainder when the number 743589×301647 is divided by 5?
Which numbers? (2)
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Which numbers? (2)

Age
7 to 11
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I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. Can you find all the numbers in each set from these clues?
Repeaters
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Repeaters

Age
11 to 14
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Choose any 3 digits and make a 6 digit number by repeating the 3 digits in the same order (e.g. 594594). Explain why whatever digits you choose the number will always be divisible by 7, 11 and 13.
Really Mr. Bond
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Really mr. bond

Age
14 to 16
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115^2 = (110 x 120) + 25, that is 13225 895^2 = (890 x 900) + 25, that is 801025 Can you explain what is happening and generalise?