There are 184 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Multiplication and division, you may find related items under Calculations and numerical methods.
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Gabriel multiplied together some numbers and then erased them. Can you figure out where each number was?
Aisha's division and subtraction calculations both gave the same answer! Can you find some more examples?
This task combines spatial awareness with addition and multiplication.
This challenge combines addition, multiplication, perseverance and even proof.
Look at what happens when you take a number, square it and subtract your answer. What kind of number do you get? Can you prove it?
This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.
How will you decide which way of flipping over and/or turning the grid will give you the highest total?
After training hard, these two children have improved their results. Can you work out the length or height of their first jumps?
What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?
Mathematicians are always looking for efficient methods for solving problems. How efficient can you be?
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.
A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?
Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.
In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?
Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?
Find the product of the numbers on the routes from A to B. Which route has the smallest product? Which the largest?
Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000 degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 รท 360. How did this help?
Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?
This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.
Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?
The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?
The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?
Do you agree with Badger's statements? Is Badger's reasoning 'watertight'? Why or why not?
Here is a picnic that Petros and Michael are going to share equally. Can you tell us what each of them will have?
A monkey with peaches, keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long can his peaches last?
There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?
Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
Use the information about Sally and her brother to find out how many children there are in the Brown family.
Which set of numbers that add to 100 have the largest product?
I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?
The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems. Can you discover its value in each problem?
Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?
Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?
On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?
During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?
Can you produce convincing arguments that a selection of statements about numbers are true?
Using the digits 1 to 9, the number 4396 can be written as the product of two numbers. Can you find the factors?
What is the largest number which, when divided into 1905, 2587, 3951, 7020 and 8725 in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?
Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?
How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?
We can arrange dots in a similar way to the 5 on a dice and they usually sit quite well into a rectangular shape. How many altogether in this 3 by 5? What happens for other sizes?