Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

  • Price Match
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    Price Match

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you find pairs of differently sized windows that cost the same?

  • Finding 3D Stacks
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    Finding 3D Stacks

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?

  • Your number is...
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    Your Number Is...

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Think of a number and follow the machine's instructions... I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?

  • The Number Jumbler
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    The Number Jumbler

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

  • Diagonal Sums
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    Diagonal Sums

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?

  • Mind Reading
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    Mind Reading

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number you first thought of, add 7, divide by 3 and take away the number you first thought of. You should now be left with 2. How do I know?

  • Special Numbers
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    Special Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

  • Partitioning revisited
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    Partitioning Revisited

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4

  • Crossed Ends
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    Crossed Ends

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Crosses can be drawn on number grids of various sizes. What do you notice when you add opposite ends?

  • How much can we spend?
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    How Much Can We Spend?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A country has decided to have just two different coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?