Being resourceful

A country has decided to have just two different coins, 3z and 5z coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?

There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?

What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?

Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight hidden squares?

Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

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

Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

Use your logical reasoning to work out how many cows and how many sheep there are in each field.