Combinations

  • Calcunos
    problem

    Calcunos

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    If we had 16 light bars which digital numbers could we make? How will you know you've found them all?
  • A glass bowl of cream-coloured ice cream.
    problem

    Ice cream

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In the café, your ice cream selection can't include a combination that someone else has chosen. What could these seven children have chosen?

  • Penta Place
    problem

    Penta place

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Penta people, the Pentominoes, always build their houses from five square rooms. I wonder how many different Penta homes you can create?
  • On Target
    problem

    On target

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    You have 5 darts and your target score is 44. How many different ways could you score 44?
  • Tetrahedron faces
    problem

    Tetrahedron faces

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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?