Being resilient

  • So it's times!
    problem

    So It's Times!

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How will you decide which way of flipping over and/or turning the grid will give you the highest total?

  • Last Biscuit
    game

    Last Biscuit

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you find a strategy that ensures you get to take the last biscuit in this game?

  • Data matching
    problem

    Data Matching

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.

  • All tangled up
    problem

    All Tangled Up

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you tangle yourself up and reach any fraction?

  • Brimful
    problem

    Brimful

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you find the volumes of the mathematical vessels?

  • Crazy Cannons
    problem

    Crazy Cannons

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Two cannons are fired at one another and the cannonballs collide... what can you deduce?

  • Frosty the Snowman
    problem

    Frosty the Snowman

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Frosty the Snowman is melting. Can you use your knowledge of differential equations to find out how his volume changes as he shrinks?

  • The Derren Brown coin flipping scam
    problem

    The Derren Brown Coin Flipping Scam

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.