When were you last curious? What was it that provoked your curiosity?
We have chosen some problems for this feature that we hope will excite you and compel you to explore further. We hope you enjoy them!
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Number sandwiches
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
Can you arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 to make a Number Sandwich?
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More number sandwiches
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
When is it impossible to make number sandwiches?
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Shogi shapes
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Shogi tiles can form interesting shapes and patterns... I wonder whether they fit together to make a ring?
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Robotic rotations
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
How did the the rotation robot make these patterns?
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Nine colours
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?
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A curious collection of bridges
Read about the problem that tickled Euler's curiosity and led to a new branch of mathematics!
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I wonder ...?
Have you ever started a mathematics task and then stopped and wondered about something in it? We think these tasks might make you do this.