Being resourceful

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    Multiplication Squares

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used once and once only.

  • A Puzzling Cube
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    A Puzzling Cube

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?

  • Square Corners
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    Square Corners

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?

  • Let Us Reflect
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    Let Us Reflect

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Where can you put the mirror across the square so that you can still "see" the whole square? How many different positions are possible?

  • Trebling
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    Trebling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

  • The Deca Tree
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    The Deca Tree

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.

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    A Mixed-Up Clock

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?

  • Odd Squares
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    Odd Squares

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Think of a number, square it and subtract your starting number. Is the number you're left with odd or even? How do the images help to explain this?

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    Up and Down Staircases

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    One block is needed to make an up-and-down staircase, with one step up and one step down. How many blocks would be needed to build an up-and-down staircase with 5 steps up and 5 steps down?

  • Fractional Wall
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    Fractional Wall

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Using the picture of the fraction wall, can you find equivalent fractions?