Working systematically

There are 549 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
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?
Alphabetti Sudoku
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Alphabetti Sudoku

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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This Sudoku requires you to do some working backwards before working forwards.
Matchless
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Matchless

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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There is a particular value of x, and a value of y to go with it, which make all five expressions equal in value, can you find that x, y pair ?
Inside Triangles
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Inside Triangles

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?
Route Product
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Route Product

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Find the product of the numbers on the routes from A to B. Which route has the smallest product? Which the largest?
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.
Knights moving
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Knights moving

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Can you swap the black knights with the white knights in the minimum number of moves?
Ratio Sudoku 3
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Ratio Sudoku 3

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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A Sudoku with clues as ratios or fractions.
Integrated Product Sudoku
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Integrated Product Sudoku

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.