Multiplication and division
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Skeleton
Amazing as it may seem the three fives remaining in the following `skeleton' are sufficient to reconstruct the entire long division sum.
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Mathdoku demonstration
This video of Charlie and Liz solving a 6 by 6 Mathdoku may give you ideas for strategies to try.
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Mathdoku
Complete the Mathdoku grid using the clues. Can you convince us that the number you have chosen for each square has to be correct?
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An easy way to multiply by 10?
Do you agree with Badger's statements? Is Badger's reasoning 'watertight'? Why or why not?
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Napier's bones
The Scot, John Napier, invented these strips about 400 years ago to help calculate multiplication and division. Can you work out how to use Napier's bones to find the answer to these multiplications?