Rectangle PQRS has X and Y on the edges. Triangles PQY, YRX and XSP have equal areas. Prove X and Y divide the sides of PQRS in the golden ratio.
A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?
Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...
The average of the 9 numbers is 223, so they are 219, 220,..., 226, 227. (Note that the difference between the largest and smallest of 9 consecutive whole numbers is 8, irrespective of the sum of the numbers).
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This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.