Being curious

  • How much can we spend?
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    How much can we spend?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A country has decided to have just two different coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?

  • Shifting Times Tables
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    Shifting times tables

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?

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    How would you score it?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.

  • Your number was...
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    Your number was...

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?

  • What numbers can we make?
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    What numbers can we make?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?

  • Number Pyramids
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    Number pyramids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?

  • Sieve of Eratosthenes
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    Sieve of Eratosthenes

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.

  • Can they be equal?
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    Can they be equal?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?

  • Summing Consecutive Numbers
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    Summing consecutive numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?

  • Perimeter Possibilities
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    Perimeter possibilities

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?