Addition and subtraction

  • Sumo
    game

    Sumo

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A number game requiring a strategy.

  • True or False?
    problem

    True or False?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Without doing lots of calculations, can you decide which of these number sentences are true? How do you know?

  • Mathdoku
    problem

    Mathdoku

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Complete the Mathdoku grid using the clues. Can you convince us that the number you have chosen for each square has to be correct?

  • Five More Coins
    problem

    Five More Coins

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Could Ben have any amount of money between 5p and £2 in his pocket if he has five coins?

  • Build it \Up more
    problem

    Build It Up More

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    This task follows on from Build it Up and takes the ideas into three dimensions!

  • Diagonal in a Spiral
    problem

    Diagonal in a Spiral

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Investigate the totals you get when adding numbers in threes on the diagonal of this pattern.

  • What Distance?
    problem

    What Distance?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you use addition and subtraction to answer these questions about real-life distances?

  • Asteroid Blast
    game

    Asteroid Blast

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3
    A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
  • A cartoon worm.
    problem

    Worms

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Place this "worm" on the 100 square and find the total of the four squares it covers. Keeping its head in the same place, what other totals can you make?

  • Dice and Spinner Numbers
    problem

    Dice and Spinner Numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be each time?