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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?
Four Triangles Puzzle
Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?
Cut it Out
Can you dissect an equilateral triangle into 6 smaller ones? What number of smaller equilateral triangles is it NOT possible to dissect a larger equilateral triangle into?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
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It's Jola's birthday and she is having a party. She has $24$ cup cakes to share equally between $3$ plates for the party.
How many cakes will go on each plate?
There are $8$ children coming to the party. They are all going to the cinema.
How many cars will they need to take them there? Each car will hold $4$ children and they will each need a driver too.
Jola is going to give everyone some chocolate eggs to take home at the end of the party. They fit into egg boxes which hold $6$ eggs each. Will $50$ eggs be enough for each of the $8$ visitors to have a box to take home?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.