Mental calculations
problem
Street Lamps
Walking up a steep hill, I pass 10 equally spaced street lamps. How long do I take to walk from the first lamp to the last?
problem
Domino Sorting
Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?
problem
Number Balance
Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?
problem
Carrying Cards
These sixteen children are standing in four lines of four, one behind the other. They are each holding a card with a number on it. Can you work out the missing numbers?
problem
Consecutive Seven
Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?
problem
Finding Fifteen
Tim had nine cards each with a different number from 1 to 9 on it. How could he have put them into three piles so that the total in each pile was 15?
problem
Chocoholics
George and Jim want to buy a chocolate bar. George needs 2p more
and Jim need 50p more to buy it. How much is the chocolate bar?
problem
The Tall Tower
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
problem
Mind Reading
Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number
you first thought of, add 7, divide by 3 and take away the number
you first thought of. You should now be left with 2. How do I know?