Indices

  • Maundy Money
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    Maundy Money

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How much money did the Queen give away in pence as a power of 2?

  • Age of Augustus
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    Age of Augustus

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The English mathematician Augustus de Morgan has given his age in algebraic terms. Can you work out when he was born?

  • A Biggy
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    A Biggy

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Find the smallest positive integer N such that N/2 is a perfect cube, N/3 is a perfect fifth power and N/5 is a perfect seventh power.

  • eNRICHing experience
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    eNRICHing Experience

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Find the five distinct digits N, R, I, C and H in the following nomogram

  • Multiplication Magic
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    Multiplication Magic

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Given any 3 digit number you can use the given digits and name another number which is divisible by 37 (e.g. given 628 you say 628371 is divisible by 37 because you know that 6+3 = 2+7 = 8+1 = 9). The question asks you to explain the trick.

  • Powerful Zeros
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    Powerful Zeros

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many zeros are there at the end of $3^4 \times 4^5 \times 5^6$?

  • Largest Expression
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    Largest Expression

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Which of these five algebraic expressions is largest, given $x$ is between 0 and 1?

  • Really Mr. Bond
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    Really Mr. Bond

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you explain what's happening with these numbers?

  • Big, Bigger, Biggest
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    Big, Bigger, Biggest

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which is the biggest and which the smallest of $2000^{2002}, 2001^{2001} \text{and } 2002^{2000}$?

  • Staircase
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    Staircase

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Solving the equation x^3 = 3 is easy but what about solving equations with a 'staircase' of powers?