To support Problem-Solving Schools, this resources page provides guidance to help develop students' mathematical thinking skills and nurture their mathematical mindsets.
These problems will help you learn how to think like a mathematician!
From two ratios of apples and oranges in a fruit bowl, can you work out how many fruits there are?
Weekly Problem 39 - 2016
In the diagram, VWX and XYZ are congruent equilateral triangles. What is the size of angle VWY?
The fifth term of a Fibonacci sequence is 2004. If all the terms are positive integers, what is the largest possible first term?
Granny has taken up deep-sea fishing! Last week, she caught a fish so big that she had to cut it into three pieces in order to weigh it...
Weekly Problem 41 - 2009
At a cinema a child's ticket costs £4.20 and an adult's ticket costs £7.70. How much did it cost this group of adults and children to see a film?
Luis writes down eight consecutive positive integers. The sum of the three smallest numbers is 33. What is the sum of the three largest numbers?
Of these five figures, which shaded area is the greatest? The large circle in each figure has the same radius.
