Are you ready for a challenge? The tasks in this feature are designed to challenge your mathematical thinking!
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Twenty Divided into Six
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same total. What was the total and how could this be done?
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Which Scripts?
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?
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Number Lines in Disguise
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?
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Domino Square
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Use the 'double-3 down' dominoes to make a square so that each side has eight dots.
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Learning From Other People's Starting Points
In this feature, you can see how some children started each task. This isn't because we want to give away the solutions!
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Codebreakers
Can you crack the code, solve the puzzle and think like a mathematician? Have a go at one of our puzzles and send us your solution.
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I'm Stuck!
Being stuck is usually thought of as being a negative state of
affairs. We want our pupils to succeed, not to struggle. Or do we?
This article discusses why being stuck can be fruitful.