Being resourceful

  • Special Numbers
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    Special numbers

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    My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

  • Consecutive Seven
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    Consecutive seven

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    11 to 14
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    Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?

  • Isosceles Triangles
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    Isosceles triangles

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    11 to 14
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    Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

  • Odds and Evens
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    Odds and evens

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    11 to 14
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    Are these games fair? How can you tell?

  • How far does it move?
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    How far does it move?

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    11 to 14
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    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects the distance it travels at each stage.

  • Substitution Cipher
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    Substitution cipher

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    11 to 14
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    Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.

  • Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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    Factors and multiples puzzle

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    11 to 14
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    Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?

  • m, m and m
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    M, M and M

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    11 to 14
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    If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?

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

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    11 to 14
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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

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