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Multiplication and Division KS1

This collection is one of our Primary Curriculum collections - tasks that are grouped by topic.

I'm Eight

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.

Magic Plant

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

On Friday the magic plant was only 2 centimetres tall. Every day it doubled its height. How tall was it on Monday?

The Amazing Splitting Plant

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Can you work out how many flowers there will be on the Amazing Splitting Plant after it has been growing for six weeks?

Catrina's Cards

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?

Number Detective

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Follow the clues to find the mystery number.

The Tomato and the Bean

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

At the beginning of May Tom put his tomato plant outside. On the same day he sowed a bean in another pot. When will the two be the same height?

Share Bears

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Yasmin and Zach have some bears to share. Which numbers of bears can they share so that there are none left over?

Lots of Lollies

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?

Ring a Ring of Numbers

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

More Numbers in the Ring

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

Are You Well Balanced?

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.

Clapping Times

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?

Growing Garlic

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Lots of Biscuits!

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Help share out the biscuits the children have made.

Even and Odd

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?

Our Numbers

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?

Ip Dip

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?

How Odd

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

This problem challenges you to find out how many odd numbers there are between pairs of numbers. Can you find a pair of numbers that has four odds between them?

Pairs of Legs

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

How many legs do each of these creatures have? How many pairs is that?

Two Numbers Under the Microscope

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.

Odd Times Even

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.

Doubling Fives

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

This activity focuses on doubling multiples of five.

Double or Halve?

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

Throw the dice and decide whether to double or halve the number. Will you be the first to reach the target?

Always, Sometimes or Never?

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

Birthday Sharing

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?

Tables Teaser

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?



 
You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.
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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.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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