Being resilient

  • Egyptian Rope
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    Egyptian rope

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

  • problem

    How many times?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    On a digital 24 hour clock, at certain times, all the digits are consecutive. How many times like this are there between midnight and 7 a.m.?

  • What's in a Name?
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    What's in a name?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

  • Quadrilaterals
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    Quadrilaterals

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?

  • Highest and Lowest
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    Highest and lowest

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Put operations signs between the numbers 3 4 5 6 to make the highest possible number and lowest possible number.

  • In a box
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    In a box

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Chris and Jo put two red and four blue ribbons in a box. They each pick a ribbon from the box without looking. Jo wins if the two ribbons are the same colour. Is the game fair?

  • American Billions
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    American billions

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...

  • Two and Two
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    Two and two

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

  • Which Scripts?
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    Which scripts?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?