Conjecturing and generalising

  • Differences
    problem

    Differences

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you guarantee that, for any three numbers you choose, the product of their differences will always be an even number?

  • One O Five
    problem

    One o five

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    You can work out the number someone else is thinking of as follows. Ask a friend to think of any natural number less than 100. Then ask them to tell you the remainders when this number is divided by 3, 5 and by 7...

  • How Many Miles To Go?
    problem

    How many miles to go?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?

  • Litov's Mean Value Theorem
    problem

    Litov's mean value theorem

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...

  • Consecutive negative numbers
    problem

    Consecutive negative numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?

  • Sliding Puzzle
    game

    Sliding puzzle

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
  • Square It
    problem

    Square it

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

  • Arithmagons
    problem

    Arithmagons

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?