Combinations

In a league of 5 football teams which play in a round robin tournament show that it is possible for all five teams to be league leaders.

Which of these games would you play to give yourself the best possible chance of winning a prize?

Blue Flibbins are so jealous of their red partners that they will not leave them on their own with any other bue Flibbin. What is the quickest way of getting the five pairs of Flibbins safely to the new planet?

In how many distinct ways can six islands be joined by bridges so that each island can be reached from every other island...

In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a surface so that the sum of the numbers on each of the four faces (top, bottom, front and back) is equal?

Is it possible to use all 28 dominoes arranging them in squares of four? What patterns can you see in the solution(s)?

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?

In how many ways can the number 1 000 000 be expressed as the product of three positive integers?

Here is a collection of puzzles about Sam's shop sent in by club members. Perhaps you can make up more puzzles, find formulas or find general methods.

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?