Place value

There are 140 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Place value
Double Digit
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Double digit

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Choose two digits and arrange them to make two double-digit numbers. Now add your double-digit numbers. Now add your single digit numbers. Divide your double-digit answer by your single-digit answer. Try lots of examples. What happens? Can you explain it?
Tis Unique
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Tis unique

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This addition sum uses all ten digits 0, 1, 2...9 exactly once. Find the sum and show that the one you give is the only possibility.
One Million to Seven
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One million to seven

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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?
Double with 1 to 9
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Double with 1 to 9

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you find a number and its double using the digits $1$ to $9$ only once each?
Not a Polite Question
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Not a polite question

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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When asked how old she was, the teacher replied: My age in years is not prime but odd and when reversed and added to my age you have a perfect square...
Basically
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Basically

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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The number 3723(in base 10) is written as 123 in another base. What is that base?
Clickety Click
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Clickety click

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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What is the sum of: 6 + 66 + 666 + 6666 ............+ 666666666...6 where there are n sixes in the last term?
Lesser Digits
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Lesser digits

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many positive integers less than or equal to 4000 can be written down without using the digits 7, 8 or 9?
eNRICHing experience
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Enriching experience

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Find the five distinct digits N, R, I, C and H in the following nomogram
Just Repeat
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Just repeat

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Think of any three-digit number. Repeat the digits. The 6-digit number that you end up with is divisible by 91. Is this a coincidence?