Explaining, convincing and proving

  • Would you like a Jelly Baby?
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    Would You Like a Jelly Baby?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What is the smallest number of jelly babies Tom must take, to be certain that he gets at least one of each flavour?
  • Multiplication Magic Square
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    Multiplication Magic Square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 32 - 2015
    Can you work out the missing numbers in this multiplication magic square?
  • Down and Along
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    Down and Along

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the values of J, M and C in this sum?
  • Other Side
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    Other Side

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 8 - 2016
    Can you work out the size of the angles in a quadrilateral?
  • Equilateral Pair
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    Equilateral Pair

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 39 - 2016
    In the diagram, VWX and XYZ are congruent equilateral triangles. What is the size of angle VWY?
  • Peter's Primes
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    Peter's Primes

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Peter wrote a list of all the numbers that can be formed by changing one digit of the number 200. How many of Peter's numbers are prime?
  • What's on the Back?
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    What's on the Back?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Four cards have a number on one side and a phrase on the back. On each card, the number does not have the property described on the back. What do the four cards have on them?
  • Shared Vertex
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    Shared Vertex

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 38 - 2017
    In the diagram, what is the value of $x$?
  • Anti-Magic Square
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    Anti-Magic Square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    You may have met Magic Squares, now meet an Anti-Magic Square. Its properties are slightly different - can you still solve it?
  • Be reasonable
    problem

    Be Reasonable

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Prove that sqrt2, sqrt3 and sqrt5 cannot be terms of ANY arithmetic progression.