Linear equations

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Letter land

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

If: A + C = A; F x D = F; B - G = G; A + H = E; B / H = G; E - G = F and A-H represent the numbers from 0 to 7 Find the values of A, B, C, D, E, F and H.
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Your number was...

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?
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Good work if you can get it

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

A job needs three men but in fact six people do it. When it is finished they are all paid the same. How much was paid in total, and much does each man get if the money is shared as Fred suggests?
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Temperature

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?
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Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Two brothers were left some money, amounting to an exact number of pounds, to divide between them. DEE undertook the division. "But your heap is larger than mine!" cried DUM...
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Fibs

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

The well known Fibonacci sequence is 1 ,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.... How many Fibonacci sequences can you find containing the number 196 as one of the terms?
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Seven up

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

The number 27 is special because it is three times the sum of its digits 27 = 3 (2 + 7). Find some two digit numbers that are SEVEN times the sum of their digits (seven-up numbers)?
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How many miles to go?

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?
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Burning down

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

One night two candles were lit. Can you work out how long each candle was originally?
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Fair shares?

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

A mother wants to share some money by giving each child in turn a lump sum plus a fraction of the remainder. How can she do this to share the money out equally?