Combinations

  • It Figures
    problem

    It Figures

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Suppose we allow ourselves to use three numbers less than 10 and multiply them together. How many different products can you find? How do you know you've got them all?
  • Different coloured hula hoops.
    problem

    Bean Bags for Bernard's Bag

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How could you put eight bean bags in the hoops so that there are four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can you find all the ways of doing this?

  • Delia's routes
    problem

    Delia's Routes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A little mouse called Delia lives in a hole in the bottom of a tree.....How many days will it be before Delia has to take the same route again?
  • Hubble, bubble
    problem

    Hubble, Bubble

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Winifred Wytsh bought a box each of jelly babies, milk jelly bears, yellow jelly bees and jelly belly beans. In how many different ways could she make a jolly jelly feast with 32 legs?
  • Six is the Sum
    problem

    Six Is the Sum

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
  • Two Egg Timers
    problem

    Two Egg Timers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    You have two egg timers. One takes 4 minutes exactly to empty and the other takes 7 minutes. What times in whole minutes can you measure and how?
  • Home City
    problem

    Home City

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the clues to work out which cities Mohamed, Sheng, Tanya and Bharat live in.
  • Child's Play
    problem

    Child's Play

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A toy has a regular tetrahedron, a cube and a base with triangular and square hollows. If you fit a shape into the correct hollow a bell rings. How many times does the bell ring in a complete game?
  • Zargon Glasses
    problem

    Zargon Glasses

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Zumf makes spectacles for the residents of the planet Zargon, who have either 3 eyes or 4 eyes. How many lenses will Zumf need to make all the different orders for 9 families?
  • Team Scream
    problem

    Team Scream

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Seven friends went to a fun fair with lots of scary rides. They decided to pair up for rides until each friend had ridden once with each of the others. What was the total number rides?