Mental calculations

  • missing multipliers
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    Missing Multipliers

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

  • 4 by 4 Mathdokus
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    4 by 4 Mathdokus

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you use the clues to complete these 4 by 4 Mathematical Sudokus?

  • Dicey Operations
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    More Dicey Operations

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In these multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

  • Sealed Solution
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    Sealed Solution

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?

  • Intersection Sums Sudoku
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    Intersection Sums Sudoku

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A Sudoku with clues given as sums of entries.

  • 5 by 5 Mathdokus
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    5 by 5 Mathdokus

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you use the clues to complete these 5 by 5 Mathematical Sudokus?

  • Days and Dates
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    Days and Dates

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...

  • Mind Reading
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    Mind Reading

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number you first thought of, add 7, divide by 3 and take away the number you first thought of. You should now be left with 2. How do I know?

  • Consecutive Seven
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    Consecutive Seven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?

  • Going round in circles
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    Going Round in Circles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Mathematicians are always looking for efficient methods for solving problems. How efficient can you be?