Working systematically

  • LOGO Challenge - The logic of LOGO
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    LOGO challenge - the logic of LOGO

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Just four procedures were used to produce a design. How was it done? Can you be systematic and elegant so that someone can follow your logic?

  • Bell Ringing
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    Bell ringing

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Suppose you are a bellringer. Can you find the changes so that, starting and ending with a round, all the 24 possible permutations are rung once each and only once?
  • Ratio Sudoku 1
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    Ratio Sudoku 1

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A Sudoku with clues as ratios.

  • So Many Sums
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    So many sums

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In this addition each letter stands for a different digit, with S standing for 3. What is the value of YxO?
  • Constellation Sudoku
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    Constellation Sudoku

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Special clue numbers related to the difference between numbers in two adjacent cells and values of the stars in the "constellation" make this a doubly interesting problem.

  • Blockupied
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    Blockupied

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A 1x2x3 block is placed on an 8x8 board and rolled several times.... How many squares has it occupied altogether?
  • Pole Star Sudoku 2
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    Pole star Sudoku 2

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?

  • Even Squares
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    Even squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find squares within a number grid whose entries add up to an even total?
  • Quadruple Sudoku
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    Quadruple Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four surrounding cells.