Addition and subtraction
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gameFancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows. -
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problemEight Dominoes
Using the 8 dominoes, can you make a square where each of the columns and rows adds up to 8?
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problemAdding All Nine
Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some other possibilities for yourself!
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problemCayley
The letters in the following addition sum represent the digits 1 ... 9. If A=3 and D=2, what number is represented by "CAYLEY"?
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problemTis Unique
This addition sum uses all ten digits 0, 1, 2...9 exactly once. Find the sum and show that the one you give is the only possibility.
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problemAnd so on and so On
If you wrote all the possible four digit numbers made by using each of the digits 2, 4, 5, 7 once, what would they add up to?
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problemLargest Number
What is the largest number you can make using the three digits 2, 3 and 4 in any way you like, using any operations you like? You can only use each digit once.
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problemNegative Dice
If the odd numbers on two dice are made negative, which of the totals cannot be achieved?