Factors and multiples

There are 243 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Factors and multiples
N000ughty thoughts
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N000ughty thoughts

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How many noughts are at the end of these giant numbers?
Em'power'ed
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Em'power'ed

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Find the smallest numbers a, b, and c such that: a^2 = 2b^3 = 3c^5 What can you say about other solutions to this problem?
Some Cubes
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Some Cubes

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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The sum of the cubes of two numbers is 7163. What are these numbers?
Old Nuts
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Old Nuts

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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In turn 4 people throw away three nuts from a pile and hide a quarter of the remainder finally leaving a multiple of 4 nuts. How many nuts were at the start?
What's Left?
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What's Left?

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use this grid to shade the numbers in the way described. Which numbers do you have left? Do you know what they are called?
Little Squares
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Little Squares

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Look at the squares in this problem. What does the next square look like? I draw a square with 81 little squares inside it. How long and how wide is my square?
Grouping Goodies
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Grouping Goodies

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?
Making Sticks
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Making Sticks

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?
Skip Counting
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Skip Counting

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Find the squares that Froggie skips onto to get to the pumpkin patch. She starts on 3 and finishes on 30, but she lands only on a square that has a number 3 more than the square she skips from.
Number Detective
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Number Detective

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Follow the clues to find the mystery number.