Year 7 Being resourceful

  • More Less is More
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    More less is more

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In each of these games, you will need a little bit of luck and your knowledge of place value to develop a winning strategy.

  • Remainders
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    Remainders

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?

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    Doughnut percents

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work as a team to make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

  • Number Lines in Disguise
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    Number lines in disguise

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?

  • 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.

  • Shady Symmetry
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    Shady symmetry

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?

  • Consecutive Seven
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    Consecutive seven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?

  • Odds and Evens
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    Odds and evens

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Are these games fair? How can you tell?

  • Substitution Cipher
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    Substitution cipher

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.

  • Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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    Factors and multiples puzzle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?