Multiplication and division

  • So it's times!
    problem

    So It's Times!

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How will you decide which way of flipping over and/or turning the grid will give you the highest total?

  • 6 by 6 Mathdokus
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    6 by 6 Mathdokus

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you use the clues to complete these 6 by 6 Mathematical Sudokus?

  • Adding all nine
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    Adding All Nine

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some other possibilities for yourself!

  • Double Digit
    problem

    Double Digit

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Choose two digits and arrange them to make two double-digit numbers. Now add your double-digit numbers. Now add your single digit numbers. Divide your double-digit answer by your single-digit answer. Try lots of examples. What happens? Can you explain it?

  • Largest Number
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    Largest Number

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What is the largest number you can make using the three digits 2, 3 and 4 in any way you like, using any operations you like? You can only use each digit once.

  • Why 8?
    problem

    Why 8?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Choose any four consecutive even numbers. Multiply the two middle numbers together. Multiply the first and last numbers. Now subtract your second answer from the first. Try it with your own numbers. Why is the answer always 8?

  • The Genie in the Jar
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    The Genie in the Jar

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This jar used to hold perfumed oil. It contained enough oil to fill granid silver bottles. Each bottle held enough to fill ozvik golden goblets and each goblet held enough to fill vaswik crystal spoons. Each day a spoonful was used to perfume the bath of a beautiful princess. For how many days did the whole jar last? The genie's master replied: Five hundred and ninety five days. What three numbers do the genie's words granid, ozvik and vaswik stand for?

  • Small pepper seedlings in orange pots.
    problem

    Interstellar

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What number could replace x so that x/5 is between 3 and 4?

  • Multiply the Addition Square
    problem

    Multiply the Addition Square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the difference between these products. Why?

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    Producing Zeros

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Weekly Problem 10 - 2008
    If the numbers 1 to 10 are all multiplied together, how many zeros are at the end of the answer?