Pedagogy
Low Threshold High Ceiling
The low threshold high ceiling activities in this feature are ideal for supporting and challenging whole classes.
Developing Group-working Skills
This collection of tasks encourages children to build group-working skills.
Developing Able Young Mathematicians
These activities are particularly good for challenging high-attaining primary children.
Open Spaces
In this feature, we share some of the problems from the Open Spaces pathway on Wild Maths.
Play to Win
In this feature, we share some of the problems from the Play to Win pathway on Wild Maths.
The Problem-solving Classroom
This feature outlines aspects to consider to create a space in which problem solving can flourish.
Hidden Gems
This feature brings together hidden gems from the NRICH site to celebrate NRICH's 20th birthday.
Recording Mathematics
This collection of activities allows you to focus on children's own representations and recordings.
Celebrating Solutions
This feature focuses on how children's solutions to NRICH tasks can themselves be used as a teaching resource.
NRICH at Every Stage
This feature offers a range of tasks which could be used to reflect on learning or used to plan transition days
Codebreakers
Calling all maths detectives! This feature focuses on lots of fun problems for children to solve.
I Wonder ... What If ...?
This feature explores how teachers can harness the power of curiosity by using some tasks that may cause children to wonder!
Resilience and Perseverance
This feature contains some tricky tasks that you will need to work hard at in order to succeed
Using National Young Mathematicians' Award Tasks to Develop Problem-solving and Group-working Skills
This feature supports primary teachers in developing learners' problem-solving and group-working skills using tasks created for the Young Mathematicians' Award.
Look More Closely
These tasks encourage learners to look at a familiar context through a new lens.
Adventures Into the Unknown
These activities offer novel situations which will help provoke learners' sense of awe and wonder.
Outdoor Maths
Take maths outside the classroom with the tasks in this feature for Primary teachers.
Starting the Term with Rich Tasks
These tasks, chosen from our 2022 summer challenges, are particularly suitable for the start of term, when you are getting to know your learners.
Multiple Representations
This feature for primary teachers focuses on representing mathematical thinking in different ways.
Reflecting on Methods, Improving Solutions
The tasks in this feature have been designed to encourage learners to be curious about different routes to a solution.
Using Wonder to Promote Curiosity
The tricks in this feature will capture children's curiosity, motivating them to explore and explain.
Being Playful, Becoming Engaged
The problems in this feature will help to inspire your learners to be playful, become engaged, and then think deeply about the mathematical contexts that underpin them.
Compare to Pair
This feature offers interactive 'matching pairs' games which will help learners understand equivalence in a variety of contexts.
Nurturing Successful Mathematicians
In this feature, we offer sets of linked tasks which will help develop learners as mathematicians.
Playing Strategically
This feature offers a variety of playful contexts in which pupils will be challenged to think ahead and modify their tactics as they become more expert at each of the games.