Working systematically

  • Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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    Factors and Multiples Puzzle

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    11 to 14
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    Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?

  • Blockupied
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    Blockupied

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    11 to 14
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    A 1×2×3 block is placed on an 8×8 board and rolled several times.... How many squares has it occupied altogether?

  • Weights
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    Weights

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    11 to 14
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    Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?

  • Power mad!
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    Power Mad!

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    11 to 14
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    Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.

  • Opposite vertices
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    Opposite Vertices

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    11 to 14
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    Can you recreate squares and rhombuses if you are only given a side or a diagonal?

  • A blue patchwork quilt draped over a white sofa.
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    Alison's Quilt

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    11 to 14
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    Nine squares are fitted together to form a rectangle. Can you find its dimensions?

  • Changing areas, changing volumes
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    Changing Areas, Changing Volumes

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    11 to 14
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    How can you change the surface area of a cuboid but keep its volume the same? How can you change the volume but keep the surface area the same?

  • Non-Transitive Dice
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    Non-Transitive Dice

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    11 to 14
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    Alison and Charlie are playing a game. Charlie wants to go first so Alison lets him. Was that such a good idea?

  • Who's the best?
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    Who's the Best?

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    11 to 14
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    Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?

  • Overlaps
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    Overlaps

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    11 to 14
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    Can you find ways to put numbers in the overlaps so the rings have equal totals?