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Broad Topics > Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics > Working systematically

Introducing NRICH TWILGO

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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?

Ratio Sudoku 2

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A Sudoku with clues as ratios.

LOGO Challenge - Triangles-squares-stars

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Can you recreate these designs? What are the basic units? What movement is required between each unit? Some elegant use of procedures will help - variables not essential.

Games Related to Nim

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This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.

Pole Star Sudoku

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A Sudoku based on clues that give the differences between adjacent cells.

One Out One Under

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Imagine a stack of numbered cards with one on top. Discard the top, put the next card to the bottom and repeat continuously. Can you predict the last card?

Intersection Sudoku 2

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A Sudoku with a twist.

Ratio Sudoku 3

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A Sudoku with clues as ratios or fractions.

Product Sudoku 2

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Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?

Twin Corresponding Sudokus II

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Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.

Seasonal Twin Sudokus

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This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?

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Four numbers on an intersection that need to be placed in the surrounding cells. That is all you need to know to solve this sudoku.

Wallpaper Sudoku

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A Sudoku that uses transformations as supporting clues.

Twin Corresponding Sudoku III

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Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.

Ratio Sudoku 1

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A Sudoku with clues as ratios.

Intersection Sudoku 1

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A Sudoku with a twist.

Corresponding Sudokus

Stage: 3, 4 and 5

This second Sudoku article discusses "Corresponding Sudokus" which are pairs of Sudokus with terms that can be matched using a substitution rule.

Instant Insanity

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Given the nets of 4 cubes with the faces coloured in 4 colours, build a tower so that on each vertical wall no colour is repeated, that is all 4 colours appear.

Twin Corresponding Sudoku

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This sudoku requires you to have "double vision" - two Sudoku's for the price of one

First Connect Three

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The idea of this game is to add or subtract the two numbers on the dice and cover the result on the grid, trying to get a line of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?

Intersection Sums Sudoku

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A Sudoku with clues given as sums of entries.

Diagonal Sums Sudoku

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Solve this Sudoku puzzle whose clues are in the form of sums of the numbers which should appear in diagonal opposite cells.

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You need to find the values of the stars before you can apply normal Sudoku rules.

Twin Equivalent Sudoku

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This Sudoku problem consists of a pair of linked standard Suduko puzzles each with some starting digits

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This is a variation of sudoku which contains a set of special clue-numbers. Each set of 4 small digits stands for the numbers in the four cells of the grid adjacent to this set.

The Naked Pair in Sudoku

Stage: 2, 3 and 4

A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.

Twin Line-swapping Sudoku

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A pair of Sudoku puzzles that together lead to a complete solution.

Pole Star Sudoku 2

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This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?

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Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four surrounding cells.

Integrated Sums Sudoku

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The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on. . . .

Rectangle Outline Sudoku

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Each of the main diagonals of this sudoku must contain the numbers 1 to 9 and each rectangle width the numbers 1 to 4.

Twin Chute-swapping Sudoku

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A pair of Sudokus with lots in common. In fact they are the same problem but rearranged. Can you find how they relate to solve them both?

Integrated Product Sudoku

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This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.

Bochap Sudoku

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This Sudoku combines all four arithmetic operations.

Equation Sudoku

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Solve the equations to identify the clue numbers in this Sudoku problem.

Colour Islands Sudoku 2

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In this Sudoku, there are three coloured "islands" in the 9x9 grid. Within each "island" EVERY group of nine cells that form a 3x3 square must contain the numbers 1 through 9.

Problem Solving, Using and Applying and Functional Mathematics

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Problem solving is at the heart of the NRICH site. All the problems give learners opportunities to learn, develop or use mathematical concepts and skills. Read here for more information.

Product Doubles Sudoku

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Each clue number in this sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.

Knights Moving

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Can you swap the black knights with the white knights in the minimum number of moves?

Rainstorm Sudoku

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Use the clues about the shaded areas to help solve this sudoku

Colour in the Square

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Can you put the 25 coloured tiles into the 5 x 5 square so that no column, no row and no diagonal line have tiles of the same colour in them?

Constellation Sudoku

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Special clue numbers related to the difference between numbers in two adjacent cells and values of the stars in the "constellation" make this a doubly interesting problem.

Olympic Magic

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in how many ways can you place the numbers 1, 2, 3 … 9 in the nine regions of the Olympic Emblem (5 overlapping circles) so that the amount in each ring is the same?

Bent Out of Shape

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An introduction to bond angle geometry.

Peaches Today, Peaches Tomorrow....

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Whenever a monkey has peaches, he always keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long could he make his peaches last for?

Function Pyramids

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A function pyramid is a structure where each entry in the pyramid is determined by the two entries below it. Can you figure out how the pyramid is generated?

Difference Dynamics

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Take three whole numbers. The differences between them give you three new numbers. Find the differences between the new numbers and keep repeating this. What happens?

Multiplication Equation Sudoku

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The puzzle can be solved by finding the values of the unknown digits (all indicated by asterisks) in the squares of the $9\times9$ grid.

LCM Sudoku II

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You are given the Lowest Common Multiples of sets of digits. Find the digits and then solve the Sudoku.