Working systematically

There are 549 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Alberta's Age
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Alberta's Age

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Alberta won't reveal her age. Can you work it out from these clues?
Colourful Tiles
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Colourful Tiles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Weekly Problem 21 - 2011
How many ways can you paint this wall with four different colours?
No Square Sums
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No Square Sums

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How many numbers do you need to remove to avoid making a perfect square?
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?
Fruit Line-Up
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Fruit Line-Up

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This grocer wants to arrange his fruit in a particular order, can you help him?
Factor List
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Factor List

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Tina has chosen a number and has noticed something about its factors. What number could she have chosen? Are there multiple possibilities?
Almost Constant Digits
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Almost Constant Digits

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many 10-digit numbers containing only 1s, 2s and 3s can you write?
Kept Apart
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Kept Apart

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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The squares of this grid contain one of the letters P, Q, R and S. Can you complete this square so that touching squares do not contain the same letter? How many possibilities are there?
Facial Sums
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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?
Grid without Lines
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Grid without Lines

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you remove the least number of points from this diagram, so no three of the remaining points are in a straight line?