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Dicey Operations
Always a Multiple?
Method in Multiplying Madness?
Power Countdown
Power Mad!
Short Problems
Place Value and Powers
Place value and powers
For younger students, cracking the code of our base ten number system is of vital importance to making sense of arithmetic, so we've chosen to feature some problems designed to get students thinking about place value. For older students, we offer problems that focus on powers and indices.
Dicey Operations Age 11 to 14Challenge Level 
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
Always a Multiple? Age 11 to 14Challenge Level
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...
Method in Multiplying Madness? Age 7 to 14Challenge Level
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?
Power Countdown Age 14 to 16Challenge Level
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
In this twist on the well-known Countdown numbers game, use your knowledge of Powers and Roots to make a target.
Power Mad! Age 11 to 14Challenge Level
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.
Short Problems Age 11 to 14
Age 11 to 14
These short problems can be used to test your students' understanding of place value.