Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
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Great Granddad is very proud of his telegram from the Queen congratulating him on his hundredth birthday and he has friends who are even older than he is. Great Granddad was born in the year A (where A is the product of 3 prime numbers), he was 20 years old in the year B (where B is the product of a prime number and a square number), he was 80 years old in the year C (where C is the product of two prime numbers) and he celebrated his 100th birthday in the year D (where D is even and the product of 4 prime numbers). When was he born? |
Generalising. Interactivities. Visualising. Creating expressions/formulae. Odd and even numbers. Time. Games. Prime factors. Using symbols. Mathematical reasoning & proof.
Published March 2002,April 2002.
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