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Conjecturing and Generalising - Short Problems

Small pepper seedlings in turquoise pots.
problem

Bishop's Paradise

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Which of the statements about diagonals of polygons is false?

Counting Fish
problem

Counting Fish

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
1 out of 3

I need a figure for the fish population in a lake. How does it help to catch and mark 40 fish?

Small pepper seedlings in orange pots.
problem

Little Difference

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
2 out of 3

What is the value of $2015 \times 2017$ - $2016 \times 2016$?

Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
problem

Last-But-One

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
2 out of 3

What is the last-but-one digit of 99! ?

Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
problem

Producing an Integer

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Multiply a sequence of n terms together. Can you work out when this product is equal to an integer?

Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
problem

Super Computer

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

What is the units digit of the given expression?