Describing patterns and sequences
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problemFavouriteDays and Dates
Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...
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problemFavouriteFrogs
How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?
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problemFavouritePicturing Triangular Numbers
What do you notice about the sum of two identical triangular numbers?
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problemFavouritePicturing Square Numbers
Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?
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problemFavouriteElevenses
How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?
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problemFavouriteShifting Times Tables
Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?
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problemFavouriteWhat Numbers Can We Make?
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
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problemFavouriteOdds, Evens and More Evens
Alison, Bernard and Charlie have been exploring sequences of odd and even numbers, which raise some intriguing questions...