Simultaneous equations

  • Warmsnug Double Glazing
    problem

    Warmsnug double glazing

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How have "Warmsnug" arrived at the prices shown on their windows? Which window has been given an incorrect price?
  • Table Height
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    Table height

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A table has blocks of wood placed on and next to it. Can you work out how tall it is?
  • Day of the Triffids
    problem

    Day of the Triffids

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jasmine buys three different types of plant. How many triffids did she buy?

  • Walls
    problem

    Walls

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Plane 1 contains points A, B and C and plane 2 contains points A and B. Find all the points on plane 2 such that the two planes are perpendicular.
  • Arithmagons
    problem

    Arithmagons

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?

  • Nine, Ten and One
    problem

    Nine, ten and one

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the value of t in these equations?
  • Double time
    problem

    Double time

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Crack this code which depends on taking pairs of letters and using two simultaneous relations and modulus arithmetic to encode the message.
  • Children at Large
    problem

    Children at large

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    There are four children in a family, two girls, Kate and Sally, and two boys, Tom and Ben. How old are the children?
  • Sweet Shop
    problem

    Sweet shop

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Five children went into the sweet shop after school. There were choco bars, chews, mini eggs and lollypops, all costing under 50p. Suggest a way in which Nathan could spend all his money.