Visualising and representing

  • Newspaper Sheets
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    Newspaper sheets

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    From only the page numbers on one sheet of newspaper, can you work out how many sheets there are altogether?
  • Packing Boxes
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    Packing boxes

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Look at the times that Harry, Christine and Betty take to pack boxes when working in pairs, to find how fast Christine can pack boxes by herself.
  • Reading from Behind
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    Reading from behind

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the time between 3 o'clock and 10 o'clock when my digital clock looks the same from both the front and back?
  • Printing Error
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    Printing error

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Every third page number in this book has been omitted. Can you work out what number will be on the last page?
  • Folding in Half
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    Folding in half

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How does the perimeter change when we fold this isosceles triangle in half?
  • Kangaroo Hops
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    Kangaroo hops

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 11 - 2011
    Kanga hops ten times in one of four directions. At how many different points can he end up?
  • Adjacent Factors
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    Adjacent factors

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Two numbers can be placed adjacent if one of them divides the other. Using only $1,...,10$, can you write the longest such list?
  • Centre Square
    problem

    Centre square

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What does Pythagoras' Theorem tell you about the radius of these circles?
  • Facial Sums
    problem

    Facial sums

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you make the numbers around each face of this solid add up to the same total?
  • More pebbles
    problem

    More pebbles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a go at this 3D extension to the Pebbles problem.