Factors and multiples

  • Sorting Numbers
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    Sorting numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you sort numbers into sets? Can you give each set a name?
  • Three Spinners
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    Three spinners

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    These red, yellow and blue spinners were each spun 45 times in total. Can you work out which numbers are on each spinner?
  • One of Thirty-Six
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    One of thirty-six

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the chosen number from the grid using the clues?

  • What Do you Need?
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    What do you need?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Four of these clues are needed to find the chosen number on this grid and four are true but do nothing to help in finding the number. Can you sort out the clues and find the number?
  • A First Product Sudoku
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    A first product Sudoku

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Given the products of adjacent cells, can you complete this Sudoku?

  • flow chart
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    Flow chart

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The flow chart requires two numbers, M and N. Select several values for M and try to establish what the flow chart does.
  • Expanding Zeros
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    Expanding zeros

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 22 - 2008
    The following sequence continues indefinitely... Which of these integers is a multiple of 81?
  • Nine in a Line
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    Nine in a line

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The sum of 9 consecutive positive whole numbers is 2007. What is the largest of these numbers?
  • Growing Garlic
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    Growing garlic

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

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    Factor-multiple chains

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?