Place value

problem

What Number?

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

2 out of 3

I am less than 25. My ones digit is twice my tens digit. My digits add up to an even number.
problem

One of Thirty-Six

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Can you find the chosen number from the grid using the clues?
game

Dicey Operations in Line for Two

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

1 out of 3

Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
game

Calculator Bingo

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

2 out of 3

This is a game for two players. What must you subtract to remove the rolled digit from your number? The first to zero wins!
problem

Six Is the Sum

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

2 out of 3

What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
problem

Napier's Bones

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

2 out of 3

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?
problem

ABC

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

3 out of 3

In the multiplication calculation, some of the digits have been replaced by letters and others by asterisks. Can you reconstruct the original multiplication?
problem

Oddly

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

3 out of 3

Find the sum of all three-digit numbers each of whose digits is odd.
problem

One Million to Seven

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

3 out of 3

Start by putting one million (1 000 000) into the display of your calculator. Can you reduce this to 7 using just the 7 key and add, subtract, multiply, divide and equals as many times as you like?
problem

Song Book

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

3 out of 3

A school song book contains 700 songs. The numbers of the songs are displayed by combining special small single-digit cards. What is the minimum number of small cards that is needed?