Reasoning, convincing and proving

  • Multiplication arithmagons
    problem

    Multiplication arithmagons

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?

  • Reversals
    problem

    Reversals

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?
  • Pythagoras Perimeters
    problem

    Pythagoras perimeters

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If you know the perimeter of a right angled triangle, what can you say about the area?
  • Difference of Two Squares
    problem

    Difference of two squares

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is special about the difference between squares of numbers adjacent to multiples of three?
  • Impossibilities
    problem

    Impossibilities

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Just because a problem is impossible doesn't mean it's difficult...

  • Perimeter Challenge
    problem

    Perimeter challenge

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you deduce the perimeters of the shapes from the information given?

  • Cryptarithms
    problem

    Cryptarithms

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you crack these cryptarithms?
  • Overlaps
    problem

    Overlaps

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find ways to put numbers in the overlaps so the rings have equal totals?
  • Quadrilaterals in a Square
    problem

    Quadrilaterals in a square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What's special about the area of quadrilaterals drawn in a square?

  • Triangles in a Square
    problem

    Triangles in a square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What are the possible areas of triangles drawn in a square?