Working systematically

There are 549 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Colour Islands Sudoku
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Colour Islands Sudoku

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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An extra constraint means this Sudoku requires you to think in diagonals as well as horizontal and vertical lines and boxes of nine.
Cubes Here and There
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Cubes Here and There

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many shapes can you build from three red and two green cubes? Can you use what you've found out to predict the number for four red and two green?
Quadruple Clue Sudoku
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Quadruple Clue Sudoku

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Four numbers on an intersection that need to be placed in the surrounding cells. That is all you need to know to solve this sudoku.
tiling
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tiling

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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An investigation that gives you the opportunity to make and justify predictions.
All-Variables Sudoku
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All-Variables Sudoku

Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
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The challenge is to find the values of the variables if you are to solve this Sudoku.
LCM Sudoku
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LCM Sudoku

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.
Shaping Up
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Shaping Up

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Are all the possible combinations of two shapes included in this set of 27 cards? How do you know?
Oh! Harry!
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Oh! Harry!

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?