### Consecutive Numbers

An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.

### 14 Divisors

What is the smallest number with exactly 14 divisors?

### Summing Consecutive Numbers

Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?

# Intersecting Squares

##### Stage: 3 Short Challenge Level:

Each of the overlapping areas contributes to the area of exactly two squares. So the total area of the three squares is equal to the area of the non-overlapping parts of the squares plus twice the total of the three overlapping areas, i.e. $(117 + 2(2 + 5 + 8))\;\mathrm{cm}^2 = (117 + 30)\;\mathrm{cm}^2 = 147\;\mathrm{cm}^2$.

So the area of each square is $(147 \div 3)\;\mathrm{cm}^2 = 49\;\mathrm{cm}^2$. Therefore the length of the side of each square is $7\;\mathrm{cm}$.

This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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