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Factors and Multiples Game
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
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Consecutive Numbers
Age
7 to 14
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An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.
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Dozens
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
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Your number is...
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
Think of a number and follow the machine's instructions... I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?
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Treasure Hunt
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
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Nice or Nasty
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
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The Number Jumbler
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?
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Doughnut percents
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
A task involving the equivalence between fractions, percentages and decimals which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
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Parallelogram It
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.
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Dicey Operations
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
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Up, down, flying around
Play this game to learn about adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers
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Have you got it?
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
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Summing Consecutive Numbers
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
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Square It
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
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Odds and Evens
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Are these games fair? How can you tell?
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Countdown fractions
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
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Going round in circles
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Mathematicians are always looking for efficient methods for solving problems. How efficient can you be?
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Shifting Times Tables
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?
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Perimeter Expressions
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?
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Sieve of Eratosthenes
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.
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Odds, Evens and More Evens
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Alison, Bernard and Charlie have been exploring sequences of odd and even numbers, which raise some intriguing questions...
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Magic Letters
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
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Strange Bank Account
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Imagine a very strange bank account where you are only allowed to do two things...
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Beach Huts
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you figure out how sequences of beach huts are generated?
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Add to 200
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
By selecting digits for an addition grid, what targets can you make?
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Can you Make 100?
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
How many ways can you find to put in operation signs (+, −, ×, ÷) to make 100?
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Fractions Rectangle
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?
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Number Families
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
How many different number families can you find?
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Almost One
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Choose some fractions and add them together. Can you get close to 1?
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Connect Three
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?