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Being Playful with Numbers - Secondary

This collection of resources encourages you to be playful with numbers.

There are games that require you to think strategically, problems that challenge you to make conjectures and work systematically, and articles that offer insights into the structure of number.

Got It

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.

Summing Consecutive Numbers

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

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?

Missing Multipliers

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?

Factors and Multiples Game

Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow star

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

Product Sudoku

Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.

American Billions

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...

Generating Triples

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow star

Sets of integers like 3, 4, 5 are called Pythagorean Triples, because they could be the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. Can you find any more?

Divisibility Tests

Age 11 to 16

This article explains various divisibility rules and why they work. An article to read with pencil and paper handy.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

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