Year 8 Being resourceful

  • Forwards Add Backwards
    problem

    Forwards add backwards

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What happens when you add a three digit number to its reverse?

  • Gabriel's Problem
    problem

    Gabriel's problem

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Gabriel multiplied together some numbers and then erased them. Can you figure out where each number was?

  • Pocket money
    problem

    Pocket money

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Which of these pocket money systems would you rather have?

  • Transformation Game
    game
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    Transformation game

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Why not challenge a friend to play this transformation game?

  • Where can we visit?
    problem

    Where can we visit?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Charlie and Abi put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: x2 and -5. What do you think?

  • Coordinate Patterns
    problem

    Coordinate patterns

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Charlie and Alison have been drawing patterns on coordinate grids. Can you picture where the patterns lead?

  • Stars
    problem

    Stars

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?

  • Shapely pairs
    problem

    Shapely pairs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A game in which players take it in turns to turn up two cards. If they can draw a triangle which satisfies both properties they win the pair of cards. And a few challenging questions to follow...

  • Property chart
    problem

    Property chart

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A game in which players take it in turns to try to draw quadrilaterals (or triangles) with particular properties. Is it possible to fill the game grid?

  • Always a multiple?
    problem

    Always a multiple?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...