Addition and subtraction

  • Pair Sums
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    Pair Sums

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Five numbers added together in pairs produce: 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 What are the five numbers?

  • Pairs
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    Pairs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Ann thought of 5 numbers and told Bob all the sums that could be made by adding the numbers in pairs. The list of sums is 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10,10, 11, 12. Help Bob to find out which numbers Ann was thinking of.

  • Alphabetti Sudoku
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    Alphabetti Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    This Sudoku requires you to do some working backwards before working forwards.

  • Pole Star Sudoku 2
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    Pole Star Sudoku 2

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?

  • Postage
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    Postage

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The country Sixtania prints postage stamps with only three values 6 lucres, 10 lucres and 15 lucres (where the currency is in lucres).Which values cannot be made up with combinations of these postage stamps? Prove that all other values can be made up.

  • Pros and Cons
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    Pros and Cons

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If p is a positive integer and q is a negative integer, which of these expressions is the greatest?

  • No Square Sums
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    No Square Sums

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many numbers do you need to remove to avoid making a perfect square?

  • Place value, integers, ordering and rounding - Short Problems
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    Digit Sum

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is the sum of all the digits in all the integers from one to one million?

  • Three Primes
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    Three Primes

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 6 - 2010
    Can you find three primes such that their product is exactly five times their sum? Do you think you have found all possibilities?

  • Constellation Sudoku
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    Constellation Sudoku

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Special clue numbers related to the difference between numbers in two adjacent cells and values of the stars in the "constellation" make this a doubly interesting problem.