Counting

  • How many dice?
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    How many dice?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A standard die has the numbers 1, 2 and 3 are opposite 6, 5 and 4 respectively so that opposite faces add to 7? If you make standard dice by writing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on blank cubes you will find there are 2 and only 2 different standard dice. Can you prove this ?
  • Cube Paths
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    Cube paths

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Given a 2 by 2 by 2 skeletal cube with one route `down' the cube. How many routes are there from A to B?
  • Painting Cubes
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    Painting cubes

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine you have six different colours of paint. You paint a cube using a different colour for each of the six faces. How many different cubes can be painted using the same set of six colours?
  • Card Trick 2
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    Card trick 2

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you explain how this card trick works?
  • Euler's Officers
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    Euler's officers

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many different ways can you arrange the officers in a square?
  • Doodles
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    Doodles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Draw a 'doodle' - a closed intersecting curve drawn without taking pencil from paper. What can you prove about the intersections?
  • Birthday Cakes
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    Birthday cakes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?
  • Making Sticks
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    Making sticks

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?
  • A Bowl of Fruit
    problem

    A bowl of fruit

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out how many apples there are in this fruit bowl if you know what fraction there are?

  • problem

    Buzzy bee

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?