Working systematically

  • How Old?
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    How Old?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Cherri, Saxon, Mel and Paul are friends. They are all different ages. Can you find out the age of each friend using the information?
  • Delia's routes
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    Delia's Routes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A little mouse called Delia lives in a hole in the bottom of a tree.....How many days will it be before Delia has to take the same route again?
  • Hubble, bubble
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    Hubble, Bubble

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Winifred Wytsh bought a box each of jelly babies, milk jelly bears, yellow jelly bees and jelly belly beans. In how many different ways could she make a jolly jelly feast with 32 legs?
  • Six is the Sum
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    Six Is the Sum

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
  • Two Egg Timers
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    Two Egg Timers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    You have two egg timers. One takes 4 minutes exactly to empty and the other takes 7 minutes. What times in whole minutes can you measure and how?
  • Home City
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    Home City

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the clues to work out which cities Mohamed, Sheng, Tanya and Bharat live in.
  • Neighbours
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    Neighbours

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In a square in which the houses are evenly spaced, numbers 3 and 10 are opposite each other. What is the smallest and what is the largest possible number of houses in the square?
  • Professional Circles
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    Professional Circles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Six friends sat around a circular table. Can you work out from the information who sat where and what their profession were?
  • Dodecamagic
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    Dodecamagic

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Here you see the front and back views of a dodecahedron. Each vertex has been numbered so that the numbers around each pentagonal face add up to 65. Can you find all the missing numbers?
  • A right Charlie
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    A Right Charlie

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you use this information to work out Charlie's house number?