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Nowadays the calculator is very familiar to many of us. What did people do to save time working out more difficult problems before the calculator existed?

Jumping Squares

In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

All Change

There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?

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Age 5 to 7
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