Place value

  • Cayley
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    Cayley

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The letters in the following addition sum represent the digits 1 ... 9. If A=3 and D=2, what number is represented by "CAYLEY"?
  • Oddly
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    Oddly

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Find the sum of all three-digit numbers each of whose digits is odd.
  • ABC
    problem

    ABC

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In the multiplication calculation, some of the digits have been replaced by letters and others by asterisks. Can you reconstruct the original multiplication?

  • Quick Times
    problem

    Quick times

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    32 x 38 = 30 x 40 + 2 x 8; 34 x 36 = 30 x 40 + 4 x 6; 56 x 54 = 50 x 60 + 6 x 4; 73 x 77 = 70 x 80 + 3 x 7 Verify and generalise if possible.
  • Never Prime
    problem

    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.
  • Seven Up
    problem

    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)?
  • Writ large
    problem

    Writ large

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Suppose you had to begin the never ending task of writing out the natural numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.... and so on. What would be the 1000th digit you would write down.
  • Mini-max
    problem

    Mini-max

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Consider all two digit numbers (10, 11, . . . ,99). In writing down all these numbers, which digits occur least often, and which occur most often ? What about three digit numbers, four digit numbers and so on?
  • Plus Minus
    problem

    Plus minus

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you explain the surprising results Jo found when she calculated the difference between square numbers?
  • Alphabet Soup
    problem

    Alphabet soup

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    This challenge is to make up YOUR OWN alphanumeric. Each letter represents a digit and where the same letter appears more than once it must represent the same digit each time.