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There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?
Can you make a cycle of pairs that add to make a square number using all the numbers in the box below, once and once only?
Can you make the green spot travel through the tube by moving the yellow spot? Could you draw a tube that both spots would follow?
Start by putting one million (1 000 000) into the display of your calculator. Can you reduce this to 7 using just the 7 key and add, subtract, multiply, divide and equals as many times as you like?
Can you make a 3x3 cube with these shapes made from small cubes?
Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
Use the information about Sally and her brother to find out how many children there are in the Brown family.
Can you find a path from a number at the top of this network to the bottom which goes through each number from 1 to 9 once and once only?
Use the three triangles to fill these outline shapes. Perhaps you can create some of your own shapes for a friend to fill?
Place the numbers 1 to 10 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.
Have a go at this well-known challenge. Can you swap the frogs and toads in as few slides and jumps as possible?
A dog is looking for a good place to bury his bone. Can you work out where he started and ended in each case? What possible routes could he have taken?
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10. You could use the interactivity to help you.
A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.
There are 44 people coming to a dinner party. There are 15 square tables that seat 4 people. Find a way to seat the 44 people using all 15 tables, with no empty places.
You have a set of the digits from 0 – 9. Can you arrange these in the 5 boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
There are 78 prisoners in a square cell block of twelve cells. The clever prison warder arranged them so there were 25 along each wall of the prison block. How did he do it?
Kate has eight multilink cubes. She has two red ones, two yellow, two green and two blue. She wants to fit them together to make a cube so that each colour shows on each face just once.
If these balls are put on a line with each ball touching the one in front and the one behind, which arrangement makes the shortest line of balls?
This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?
Using the statements, can you work out how many of each type of rabbit there are in these pens?
Can you go from A to Z right through the alphabet in the hexagonal maze?
Your challenge is to find the longest way through the network following this rule. You can start and finish anywhere, and with any shape, as long as you follow the correct order.
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Can you use the information to find out which cards I have used?
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?
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?
Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?
We're excited about this new program for drawing beautiful mathematical designs. Can you work out how we made our first few pictures and, even better, share your most elegant solutions with us?
Factor track is not a race but a game of skill. The idea is to go round the track in as few moves as possible, keeping to the rules.
Use these four dominoes to make a square that has the same number of dots on each side.
There were 22 legs creeping across the web. How many flies? How many spiders?
Is it possible to draw a 5-pointed star without taking your pencil off the paper? Is it possible to draw a 6-pointed star in the same way without taking your pen off?
What can you say about these shapes? This problem challenges you to create shapes with different areas and perimeters.
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square hole for each disc. Use the information to find out how many discs of each colour there are in the box.
You have two sets of the digits 0 – 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?
Place the digits 1 to 9 into the circles so that each side of the triangle adds to the same total.
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the robber in the minimum number of guesses?
Can you draw a continuous line through 16 numbers on this grid so that the total of the numbers you pass through is as high as possible?
I was looking at the number plate of a car parked outside. Using my special code S208VBJ adds to 65. Can you crack my code and use it to find out what both of these number plates add up to?
Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 in each set of circles below. The sum of each side of the triangle should equal the number in its centre.
There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. Can you use the information given to find out how many eggs are in each basket?
Cassandra, David and Lachlan are brothers and sisters. They range in age between 1 year and 14 years. Can you figure out their exact ages from the clues?
Find another number that is one short of a square number and when you double it and add 1, the result is also a square number.
Peter, Melanie, Amil and Jack received a total of 38 chocolate eggs. Use the information to work out how many eggs each person had.
56 406 is the product of two consecutive numbers. What are these two numbers?
Using only six straight cuts, find a way to make as many pieces of pizza as possible. (The pieces can be different sizes and shapes).