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  • Plastic human skeleton on a blue background.
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    Skeleton

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you reconstruct the long division calculation from the 'skeleton'?

  • eNRICHing experience
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    eNRICHing Experience

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Find the five distinct digits N, R, I, C and H in the following nomogram

  • Multiplication Magic
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    Multiplication Magic

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Given any 3 digit number you can use the given digits and name another number which is divisible by 37 (e.g. given 628 you say 628371 is divisible by 37 because you know that 6+3 = 2+7 = 8+1 = 9). The question asks you to explain the trick.

  • Never Prime
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    Never Prime

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If a two digit number has its digits reversed and the smaller of the two numbers is subtracted from the larger, prove the difference can never be prime.

  • 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?

  • DOTS Division
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    DOTS Division

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Take any pair of two digit numbers x=ab and y=cd where, without loss of generality, ab > cd . Form two 4 digit numbers r=abcd and s=cdab and calculate: {r^2 - s^2} /{x^2 - y^2}.

  • Place value, integers, ordering and rounding - Short Problems
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    Digit Sum

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is the sum of all the digits in all the integers from one to one million?

  • Really Mr. Bond
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    Really Mr. Bond

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you explain what's happening with these numbers?

  • Phew I'm Factored
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    Phew I'm Factored

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Explore the factors of the numbers which are written as 10101 in different number bases. Prove that the numbers 10201, 11011 and 10101 are composite in any base.

  • Composite Notions
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    Composite Notions

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A composite number is one that is neither prime nor 1. Show that 10201 is composite in any base.