Exploring and noticing

  • Spinners
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    Spinners

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How do scores on dice and factors of polynomials relate to each other?
  • Sums of Pairs
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    Sums of pairs

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jo has three numbers which she adds together in pairs. When she does this she has three different totals: 11, 17 and 22 What are the three numbers Jo had to start with?”
  • Newspaper Sheets
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    Newspaper sheets

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    From only the page numbers on one sheet of newspaper, can you work out how many sheets there are altogether?
  • Take a Leaf
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    Take a leaf

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    An examination paper is made from five pieces of paper. What is the sum of the other page numbers that appear on the same sheet as page 5?
  • Collatz-ish
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    Collatz-ish

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A sequence is generated using these rules. For which values of n is the nth term equal to n?
  • Halloween Day
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    Halloween day

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    One year there were exactly four Tuesdays and four Fridays in October. On what day of the week was Halloween.
  • Back in Time
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    Back in time

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many times a day does a 24 hour digital clock look the same when reflected in a horizontal line?
  • How many Rectangles?
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    How many rectangles?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    By drawing 5 horizontal and four vertical lines, one can form 12 rectangles. What is the greatest number of rectangles that can be formed by drawing 15 lines?
  • Knockdown
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    Knockdown

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 51 - 2016
    Pegs numbered 1 to 50 are placed in a row. Alternate pegs are knocked down, and this process is repeated. What is the number of the last peg to be knocked down?
  • Oldest and Youngest
    problem

    Oldest and youngest

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Edith had 9 children at 15 month intervals. If the oldest is now six times as old as the youngest, how old is her youngest child?