Factors and multiples

  • Number Families
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    Number families

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many different number families can you find?

  • Sieve of Eratosthenes
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    Sieve of Eratosthenes

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.

  • Summing Consecutive Numbers
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    Summing consecutive numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?

  • Gabriel's Problem
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    Gabriel's problem

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Gabriel multiplied together some numbers and then erased them. Can you figure out where each number was?

  • Counting Factors
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    Counting factors

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?

  • Place value, integers, ordering and rounding - Short Problems
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    AB search

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The five digit number A679B, in base ten, is divisible by 72. What are the values of A and B?

  • Stars
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    Stars

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?

  • 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?

  • Power mad!
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    Power mad!

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.

  • Drawing Celtic Knots
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    Drawing Celtic knots

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Here is a chance to create some Celtic knots and explore the mathematics behind them.