Prime numbers

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    Factor Lines

    Age
    7 to 14
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    Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.

  • Factors and Multiples Game
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    Factors and Multiples Game

    Age
    7 to 16
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    A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

  • Xavi's T-shirt
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    Xavi's T-Shirt

    Age
    7 to 16
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    How much can you read into a T-shirt?

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    Flow Chart

    Age
    11 to 14
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    The flow chart requires two numbers, M and N. Select several values for M and try to establish what the flow chart does.

  • Little Goldbach
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    Little Goldbach

    Age
    11 to 14
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    How many of the numbers 1 to 20 are not the sum of two primes?

  • How much can we spend?
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    How Much Can We Spend?

    Age
    11 to 14
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    A country has decided to have just two different coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?

  • Sieve of Eratosthenes
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    Sieve of Eratosthenes

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.

  • Great Granddad
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    Great Granddad

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Great Granddad is very proud of his telegram from the Queen congratulating him on his hundredth birthday and he has friends who are even older than he is... When was he born?

  • Stars
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    Stars

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?