Linear equations

  • Fair Shares?
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    Fair shares?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A mother wants to share a sum of money by giving each of her children in turn a lump sum plus a fraction of the remainder. How can she do this in order to share the money out equally?
  • Seven Up
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    Seven up

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The number 27 is special because it is three times the sum of its digits 27 = 3 (2 + 7). Find some two digit numbers that are SEVEN times the sum of their digits (seven-up numbers)?
  • Fibs
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    Fibs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The well known Fibonacci sequence is 1 ,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.... How many Fibonacci sequences can you find containing the number 196 as one of the terms?
  • Tweedle dum and Tweedle Dee
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    Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Two brothers were left some money, amounting to an exact number of pounds, to divide between them. DEE undertook the division. "But your heap is larger than mine!" cried DUM...

  • A Problem of time
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    A problem of time

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Consider a watch face which has identical hands and identical marks for the hours. It is opposite to a mirror. When is the time as read direct and in the mirror exactly the same between 6 and 7?
  • Burning down
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    Burning down

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    One night two candles were lit. Can you work out how long each candle was originally?