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First Forward Into Logo 8: More about Variables
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
Write a Logo program, putting in variables, and see the effect when you change the variables.
First Forward Into Logo 6: Variables and Procedures
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
Learn to write procedures and build them into Logo programs. Learn to use variables.
Geomlab
Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
A geometry lab crafted in a functional programming language. Ported to Flash from the original java at web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/geomlab
Shape Products
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the multiplication sums to work out what they are?
Gran, How Old Are You?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
When Charlie asked his grandmother how old she is, he didn't get a straightforward reply! Can you work out how old she is?
Balance of Halves
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Investigate this balance which is marked in halves. If you had a weight on the left-hand 7, where could you hang two weights on the right to make it balance?
Shape Times Shape
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the multiplication sums to work out what they are?
Counting Counters
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Take a counter and surround it by a ring of other counters that MUST touch two others. How many are needed?
Break it Up!
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of 7 interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of 8 cubes and a stick of 6 cubes.
Cat Food
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Sam sets up displays of cat food in his shop in triangular stacks. If Felix buys some, then how can Sam arrange the remaining cans in triangular stacks?
Trebling
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?
Carrying Cards
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These sixteen children are standing in four lines of four, one behind the other. They are each holding a card with a number on it. Can you work out the missing numbers?
Table Patterns Go Wild!
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.
Up and Down Staircases
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
One block is needed to make an up-and-down staircase, with one step up and one step down. How many blocks would be needed to build an up-and-down staircase with 5 steps up and 5 steps down?
Plenty of Pens
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Amy's mum had given her £2.50 to spend. She bought four times as many pens as pencils and was given 40p change. How many of each did she buy?
Two Number Lines
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Max and Mandy put their number lines together to make a graph. How far had each of them moved along and up from 0 to get the counter to the place marked?
Crossed Ends
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Crosses can be drawn on number grids of various sizes. What do you notice when you add opposite ends?
How Many Eggs?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Peter, Melanie, Amil and Jack received a total of 38 chocolate eggs. Use the information to work out how many eggs each person had.
Super Shapes
Age 7 to 11 Short Challenge Level:
The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems. Can you discover its value in each problem?
Special Numbers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Gift Stacks
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the information to work out how many gifts there are in each pile.
Brothers and Sisters
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Cassandra, David and Lachlan are brothers and sisters. They range in age between 1 year and 14 years. Can you figure out their exact ages from the clues?
Buckets of Thinking
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
There are three buckets each of which holds a maximum of 5 litres. Use the clues to work out how much liquid there is in each bucket.
Perimeter Expressions
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?
Your Number Was...
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?
Cherry Buns
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Sam's grandmother has an old recipe for cherry buns. She has enough mixture to put 45 grams in each of 12 paper cake cases. What was the weight of one egg?
Your Number Is...
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Think of a number... follow the machine's instructions. I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.