Being curious

  • Cosy corner
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    Cosy corner

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Six balls are shaken. You win if at least one red ball ends in a corner. What is the probability of winning?

  • Two's company
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    Two's company

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Seven balls are shaken. You win if the two blue balls end up touching. What is the probability of winning?

  • Nine-Pin Triangles
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    Nine-pin triangles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?

  • problem

    Right angles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?

  • Diagonal Sums
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    Diagonal sums

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?

  • Number Differences
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    Number differences

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the squares below so that the difference between joined squares is odd. How many different ways can you do this?

  • More Numbers in the Ring
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    More numbers in the ring

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

  • Ring a Ring of Numbers
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    Ring a ring of numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

  • Arithmagons
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    Arithmagons

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?

  • Stars
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    Stars

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?