A list of all the NRICH posters

The tasks in this feature use Cuisenaire rods to help learners visualise and explore the links to be made between proportionality, equivalence, comparison, difference and pattern.

We had a challenge a day for you throughout the summer break...

This is an adding game for two players. Can you be the first to reach the target?

Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.

The low threshold high ceiling activities in this feature are ideal for supporting and challenging whole classes.

This feature is full of activities for you to work on at home.

Dotty Six game for an adult and child. Will you be the first to have three sixes in a straight line?

Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

A list of all the NRICH posters

Our 2023 Secondary Advent Calendar contains a favourite task for each day in December, in the run-up to Christmas.

Stage 5 curriculum material organised by mathematical topic

This collection of activities is particularly suitable for 3 to 5 year olds.

Explore our selection of interactive tangrams. Can you use the tangram pieces to re-create each picture?

Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?

Our 2023 Primary Advent calendar contains twenty-four tasks for the run-up to Christmas.

Our 2023 Primary Advent calendar contains twenty-four tasks for the run-up to Christmas.

Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?

A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

We had a challenge a day for you throughout the summer break...

In this feature for Primary teachers, you will find tasks to help learners develop their flexibility in a geometrical context.

This article by Colin Foster presents the idea of mathematical etudes as a way to develop fluency without tedium.

Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

Resources organised by mathematical topics.

Can you arrange the numbers 1 to 17 in a row so that each adjacent pair adds up to a square number?

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

Twenty-four tasks for the run-up to Christmas, each one encouraging you to develop mathematical 'habits of mind'.

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

Can you explain why every year must contain at least one Friday the thirteenth?

A list of all the NRICH posters

Can you go through this maze so that the numbers you pass add to exactly 100?

In this article for primary teachers, Fran describes her passion for paper folding as a springboard for mathematics.

These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?

Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.

This short article explores what it means to be a successful mathematician.

Can you work out what shape is made when this piece of paper is folded up using the crease pattern shown?

What does the sum of these three numbers tell us about their product?

Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four calculations are correct?