Place value

There are 140 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Place value
Four-digit targets
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Four-digit targets

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7 to 11
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You have two sets of the digits 0-9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?
The Deca Tree
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The deca tree

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7 to 11
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Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
Two-digit targets
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Two-digit targets

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5 to 7
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You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?

What an odd fact(or)
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What an odd fact(or)

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11 to 14
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Can you show that 1^99 + 2^99 + 3^99 + 4^99 + 5^99 is divisible by 5?
Coded hundred square
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Coded hundred square

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7 to 11
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This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Latin Numbers
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Latin numbers

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14 to 16
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Can you create a Latin Square from multiples of a six digit number?
Nice or Nasty
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Nice or nasty

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7 to 14
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There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
2-Digit Square
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2-digit square

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14 to 16
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A 2-Digit number is squared. When this 2-digit number is reversed and squared, the difference between the squares is also a square. What is the 2-digit number?
How Many Miles To Go?
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How many miles to go?

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11 to 14
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How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?
Which Scripts?
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Which scripts?

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7 to 11
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There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?