Prime numbers

There are 52 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Prime numbers
What's Left?
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What's left?

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use this grid to shade the numbers in the way described. Which numbers do you have left? Do you know what they are called?
Coins
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Coins

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A man has 5 coins in his pocket. Given the clues, can you work out what the coins are?
Some Cubes
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Some cubes

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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The sum of the cubes of two numbers is 7163. What are these numbers?
Penta Primes
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Penta primes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Using all ten cards from 0 to 9, rearrange them to make five prime numbers. Can you find any other ways of doing it?
flow chart
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Flow chart

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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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.
Code Breaker
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Code breaker

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This problem is based on a code using two different prime numbers less than 10. You'll need to multiply them together and shift the alphabet forwards by the result. Can you decipher the code?
Little Goldbach
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Little goldbach

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many of the numbers 1 to 20 are not the sum of two primes?
A Biggy
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A biggy

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Find the smallest positive integer N such that N/2 is a perfect cube, N/3 is a perfect fifth power and N/5 is a perfect seventh power.
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?
Prime sequences
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Prime sequences

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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This group tasks allows you to search for arithmetic progressions in the prime numbers. How many of the challenges will you discover for yourself?