Exploring and noticing

problem

Approaching Midnight: The Ultimate

Age

7 to 14

Want a serious challenge? Have a look at these ideas for changing the Approaching Midnight game.
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Magic Crosses

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Can you find examples of magic crosses? Can you find all the possibilities?
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Charitable Pennies

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Investigate the different ways that fifteen schools could have given money in a charity fundraiser.
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Number Sandwiches

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Can you arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 to make a Number Sandwich?
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Escape From the Castle

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Skippy and Anna are locked in a room in a large castle. The key to that room, and all the other rooms, is a number. The numbers are locked away in a problem. Can you help them to get out?
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St Ives

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

How many were going to St Ives?
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Tea Cups

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

Place the 16 different combinations of cup/saucer in this 4 by 4 arrangement so that no row or column contains more than one cup or saucer of the same colour.
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Steps to the Podium

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

It starts quite simple but great opportunities for number discoveries and patterns!
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Calendar Capers

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...
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Have You Got It?

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?