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Working systematically - challenges

Once you are confident that you can work systematically, why not try some of these challenges?
Reach 100
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Reach 100

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.

Sticky Numbers
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Sticky Numbers

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you arrange the numbers 1 to 17 in a row so that each adjacent pair adds up to a square number?
ACE, TWO, THREE...
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ACE, TWO, THREE...

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you picture how to order the cards to reproduce Charlie's card trick for yourself?
Two and Two
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Two and Two

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
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How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
Product Sudoku
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Product Sudoku

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
Pair Sums
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Pair Sums

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Five numbers added together in pairs produce: 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 What are the five numbers?