### Chocolate

There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

### Zios and Zepts

On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?

### Fractions in a Box

The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square hole for each disc. Use the information to find out how many discs of each colour there are in the box.

# Multiples Grid

##### Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

Here is a $100$ grid with some numbers shaded:

What do all the numbers shaded blue have in common?
Can you work out why two of the numbers are shaded in a maroon colour?

Now, here is part of a $100$ square shaded in a different way:

Can you explain the shading this time?

Here are some more parts of the $100$ square, each one shaded according to different rules. Can you work out what the rules are for each?
Is there only one solution each time?

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