Exploring and noticing
problem
Charitable pennies
Investigate the different ways that fifteen schools could have given money in a charity fundraiser.
problem
Sticky dice
Throughout these challenges, the touching faces of any adjacent dice must have the same number. Can you find a way of making the total on the top come to each number from 11 to 18 inclusive?
problem
Bundles of cubes
Watch this animation. What do you notice? What happens when you try more or fewer cubes in a bundle?
problem
Oldest and youngest
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?
problem
Knockdown
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?
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?
problem
How many rectangles?
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?
game
Strike it out for two
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?