Factors and multiples

  • Adding in Rows
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    Adding in rows

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    List any 3 numbers. It is always possible to find a subset of adjacent numbers that add up to a multiple of 3. Can you explain why and prove it?
  • One to Eight
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    One to eight

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Complete the following expressions so that each one gives a four digit number as the product of two two digit numbers and uses the digits 1 to 8 once and only once.
  • Hot Pursuit
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    Hot pursuit

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    I added together the first 'n' positive integers and found that my answer was a 3 digit number in which all the digits were the same...
  • Factoring a million
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    Factoring a million

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    In how many ways can the number 1 000 000 be expressed as the product of three positive integers?
  • Eminit
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    Eminit

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The number 8888...88M9999...99 is divisible by 7 and it starts with the digit 8 repeated 50 times and ends with the digit 9 repeated 50 times. What is the value of the digit M?
  • Powerful factorial
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    Powerful factorial

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The highest power of 2 that divides exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4 ) = 45. What is the highest power of two that divides exactly into 100!?
  • Really Mr. Bond
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    Really Mr. Bond

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    115^2 = (110 x 120) + 25, that is 13225 895^2 = (890 x 900) + 25, that is 801025 Can you explain what is happening and generalise?

  • X marks the spot
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    X marks the spot

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    When the number x 1 x x x is multiplied by 417 this gives the answer 9 x x x 0 5 7. Find the missing digits, each of which is represented by an "x" .
  • Just Repeat
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    Just repeat

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Think of any three-digit number. Repeat the digits. The 6-digit number that you end up with is divisible by 91. Is this a coincidence?
  • Three times Seven
    problem

    Three times seven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A three digit number abc is always divisible by 7 when 2a+3b+c is divisible by 7. Why?