### Building Tetrahedra

Can you make a tetrahedron whose faces all have the same perimeter?

### Ladder and Cube

A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a convex quadrilateral. Investigate the different shapes that the quadrilateral can take. Be patient this problem may be slow to load.

# Factor List

##### Age 14 to 16 ShortChallenge Level

Answer: there are 2 possible values for $N$ ($90$ or $405$)

Factors come in pairs with product $N$:
So $f\times45f=N\Rightarrow N=45f^2$.

$f$ must be prime because factors of $f$ are also factors of $N$

Factors of $45$ are also factors of $N$ so $3$ and $5$ are factors of $N$

$f\le3$ so $f=2$ or $f=3$

So $N=45\times2^2=90$ or $N= 45\times 3^2 = 405$

This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
You can find more short problems, arranged by curriculum topic, in our short problems collection.