Combinations

  • Tetrahedron faces
    problem

    Tetrahedron Faces

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    One face of a regular tetrahedron is painted blue and each of the remaining faces are painted using one of the colours red, green or yellow. How many different possibilities are there?
  • Calendar Cubes
    problem

    Calendar Cubes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    Make a pair of cubes that can be moved to show all the days of the month from the 1st to the 31st.
  • Waiting for Blast Off
    problem

    Waiting for Blast Off

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    10 space travellers are waiting to board their spaceships. There are two rows of seats in the waiting room. Using the rules, where are they all sitting? Can you find all the possible ways?
  • Wag Worms
    problem

    Wag Worms

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    When intergalactic Wag Worms are born they look just like a cube. Each year they grow another cube in any direction. Find all the shapes that five-year-old Wag Worms can be.
  • Penta Primes
    problem

    Penta Primes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    Using all ten cards from 0 to 9, rearrange them to make five prime numbers. Can you find any other ways of doing it?
  • Rod Measures
    problem

    Rod Measures

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    Using 3 rods of integer lengths, none longer than 10 units and not using any rod more than once, you can measure all the lengths in whole units from 1 to 10 units. How many ways can you do this?
  • Hamilton's Puzzle
    problem

    Hamilton's Puzzle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    I start my journey in Rio de Janeiro and visit all the cities as Hamilton described, passing through Canberra before Madrid, and then returning to Rio. What route could I have taken?
  • More and More Buckets
    problem

    More and More Buckets

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    In this challenge, buckets come in five different sizes. If you choose some buckets, can you investigate the different ways in which they can be filled?
  • Human Food
    problem

    Human Food

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    Sam displays cans in 3 triangular stacks. With the same number he could make one large triangular stack or stack them all in a square based pyramid. How many cans are there how were they arranged?
  • Tea Cups
    problem

    Tea Cups

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Place the 16 different combinations of cup/saucer in this 4 by 4 arrangement so that no row or column contains more than one cup or saucer of the same colour.