Mental calculations

There are 106 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Mental calculations
Placeholder: several colourful numbers
list

Playing with numbers

Age
5 to 7
All these activities use adding and taking away. Can you spot the connections?
Clever Carl
article

Clever carl

What would you do if your teacher asked you add all the numbers from 1 to 100? Find out how Carl Gauss responded when he was asked to do just that.
Integrated sums sudoku
page

Integrated sums sudoku

The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on the intersections between two diagonally adjacent squares.