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Grade 6 Challenge: Number Theory Puzzles Worksheet with Answers

Grade 6 (US) · Year 7 (UK) · Class 6 (India) · Math

Unit 6: Going FurtherChallenge PuzzlesChallenge

Puzzles about divisibility, remainders, factors and units digits that reward spotting patterns. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Challenge: Number Theory Puzzles

Grade 6 · Math

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Learning goal: Challenge Puzzles

Directions: Solve each problem. Show your work, then write your answer in the box.

Example

What is the smallest positive whole number divisible by every number from 2 to 7?

Answer: 420

  1. 1

    What is the units (ones) digit of 3^43?

    Answer
  2. 2

    What is the sum of all whole numbers from 1 to 36?

    Answer
  3. 3

    What is the units (ones) digit of 3^22?

    Answer
  4. 4

    What is the units (ones) digit of 3^51?

    Answer
  5. 5

    How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 9?

    Answer
  6. 6

    What is the smallest positive whole number divisible by every number from 2 to 4?

    Show your work
    Answer
  7. 7

    What is the smallest number that leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, 3 or 4, and is divisible by 7?

    Show your work
    Answer
  8. 8

    What is the sum of all whole numbers from 1 to 22?

    Answer
  9. 9

    What is the sum of all whole numbers from 1 to 23?

    Answer
  10. 10

    What is the smallest number that leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, 3 or 4, and is divisible by 5?

    Show your work
    Answer
  11. 11

    How many factors does 48 have?

    Answer
  12. 12

    How many factors does 84 have?

    Answer

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.7
  2. 2.666
  3. 3.9
  4. 4.7
  5. 5.10
  6. 6.12
  7. 7.49
  8. 8.253
  9. 9.276
  10. 10.25
  11. 11.10
  12. 12.12

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