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Counting Factors

Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?

Summing Consecutive Numbers

15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?

Helen's Conjecture

Helen made the conjecture that "every multiple of six has more factors than the two numbers either side of it". Is this conjecture true?

Not a Polite Question

Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:

When asked how old she was, the teacher replied:

My age in years is not prime but odd
and when reversed and added to my age
you have a perfect square.

Or you can reverse and subtract, and
again you have a perfect square.

Working systematically. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Factors and multiples. Other equations. Properties of numbers. Diophantine equations. Integers. Place value. Divisibility. Simultaneous equations.