Multiplication and division

There are 227 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Multiplication and division
Thirty Six Exactly
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Thirty Six Exactly

Age
11 to 14
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The number 12 = 2^2 × 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
The 24 Game
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The 24 Game

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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There are over sixty different ways of making 24 by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing all four numbers 4, 6, 6 and 8 (using each number only once). How many can you find?
Factorial
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Factorial

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How many zeros are there at the end of the number which is the product of first hundred positive integers?
Expenses
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Expenses

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the largest number which, when divided into 1905, 2587, 3951, 7020 and 8725 in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?
Legs Eleven
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Legs Eleven

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?
Oh! Hidden Inside?
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Oh! Hidden Inside?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Find the number which has 8 divisors, such that the product of the divisors is 331776.
Repeaters
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Repeaters

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Choose any 3 digits and make a 6 digit number by repeating the 3 digits in the same order (e.g. 594594). Explain why whatever digits you choose the number will always be divisible by 7, 11 and 13.
More Mods
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More Mods

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the units digit for the number 123^(456) ?
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?
The Puzzling Sweet Shop
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The Puzzling Sweet Shop

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?