Powers and roots

We start with one yellow cube and build around it to make a 3×3×3 cube with red cubes. Then we build around that red cube with blue cubes and so on. How many cubes of each colour have we used?

Which of these pocket money systems would you rather have?

Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.

Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?

The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?

In this twist on the well-known Countdown numbers game, use your knowledge of Powers and Roots to make a target.

Simple additions can lead to intriguing results...

The sums of the squares of three related numbers is also a perfect square - can you explain why?

Ask a friend to choose a number between 1 and 63. By identifying which of the six cards contains the number they are thinking of it is easy to tell them what the number is.

Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.