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  • A red kite in flight.
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    Hunting for Averages

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find the missing number(s)? The square is the average (mean) of the numbers surrounding it.

  • 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?

  • Pouring Problem
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    Pouring Problem

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What do you think is going to happen in this video clip? Are you surprised?

  • Roll these Dice
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    Roll These Dice

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?

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    Round and Round the Circle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.

  • Domino Square
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    Domino Square

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Use the 'double-3 down' dominoes to make a square so that each side has eight dots.

  • Prison Cells
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    Prison Cells

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    There are 78 prisoners in a square cell block of twelve cells. The clever prison warder arranged them so there were 25 along each wall of the prison block. How did he do it?

  • Egyptian Rope
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    Egyptian Rope

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

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    Wonky Watches

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Mandeep's watch loses two minutes every hour. Adam's watch gains one minute every hour. Can you work out what time they arrived at the airport?

  • Make 100
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    Make 100

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Find at least one way to put in some operation signs to make these digits come to 100.