Number Detective

Follow the clues to find the mystery number.

Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving
Being curious Being resourceful Being resilient Being collaborative

Number Detective printable sheet

Calling all detectives!

You will need to think creatively, use your reasoning skills and your problem-solving strategies to find the mystery number from the table below.

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Number Detective
  • The number has two digits.
  • Both of the digits are even.
  • The digit in the tens place is greater than the digit in the ones place.
  • The ones digit is not in the three times table.
  • The tens digit is not double the ones digit.
  • The sum of the two digits is a multiple of five.

 

1886
12042
4664
808
2283

 



You might now like to play the game Statement Snap or have a go at Satisfying Four Statements.