3 out of 3
If a new and an old television have screens of the same area, what is the ratio of their widths?
These problems will help you learn how to think like a mathematician!
The tasks in these collections will give learners the opportunity to think and work like mathematicians.
These problems will offer opportunities for your learners to use specific examples as a springboard to generalising.
3 out of 3
When the numbers from 1 to 1000 are written on a blackboard, which digit appears the most number of times?
1 out of 3
Charlie doesn't want his new house number to be divisible by 3 or 5. How many choices of house does he have?
1 out of 3
Four cards have a number on one side and a phrase on the back. On each card, the number does not have the property described on the back. What do the four cards have on them?
2 out of 3
Weekly Problem 34 - 2017
An abundant number is a positive integer N such that the sum of the factors of N is larger than 2N. What is the smallest abundant number?
3 out of 3
The diagram shows a large rectangle composed of 9 smaller rectangles. If each of these rectangles has integer sides, what could the area of the large rectangle be?
2 out of 3
Weekly Problem 47 - 2017
How many numbers do I need in a list to have two squares, two primes and two cubes?
