Factors and multiples

  • Can it be?
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    Can it be?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    When if ever do you get the right answer if you add two fractions by adding the numerators and adding the denominators?
  • What a Joke
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    What a joke

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Each letter represents a different positive digit AHHAAH / JOKE = HA What are the values of each of the letters?
  • Millennium Leap
    problem

    Millennium leap

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many leap years will there be between 2001 and 3001?
  • Stair Climb
    problem

    Stair climb

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Three people run up stairs at different rates. If they each start from a different point - who will win, come second and come last?
  • Find from Factors
    problem

    Find from factors

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 35 - 2006
    A number has exactly eight factors, two of which are 21 and 35. What is the number?
  • Coin Collection
    problem

    Coin collection

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    When coins are put into piles of six 3 remain and in piles of eight 7 remain. How many remain when they are put into piles of 24?
  • Star Product Sudoku
    problem

    Star product Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The puzzle can be solved by finding the values of the unknown digits (all indicated by asterisks) in the squares of the $9\times9$ grid.

  • Adjacent Factors
    problem

    Adjacent factors

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Two numbers can be placed adjacent if one of them divides the other. Using only $1,...,10$, can you write the longest such list?
  • Sticky Fingers
    problem

    Sticky fingers

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Ruth wants to puts stickers on the cuboid she has made from little cubes. Will she have any stickers left over?
  • Rolling Along the Trail
    problem

    Rolling along the trail

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What could be the scores from five throws of this dice?