Working systematically

There are 549 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Growing Garlic
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Growing Garlic

Age
5 to 11
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Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
Factor-Multiple Chains
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Factor-Multiple Chains

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?
Magnetic personality
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Magnetic personality

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
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60 pieces and a challenge. What can you make and how many of the pieces can you use creating skeleton polyhedra?
Ratio Sudoku 2
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Ratio Sudoku 2

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

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
One to Fifteen
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One to Fifteen

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you put the numbers from 1 to 15 on the circles so that no consecutive numbers lie anywhere along a continuous straight line?
Noughts and crosses
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Noughts and crosses

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Ever thought of playing three dimensional Noughts and Crosses? This problem might help you visualise what's involved.
Twin Corresponding Sudoku
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Twin Corresponding Sudoku

Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
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This sudoku requires you to have "double vision" - two Sudoku's for the price of one
Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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Factors and Multiples Puzzle

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?
Pole Star Sudoku
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Pole Star Sudoku

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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A Sudoku based on clues that give the differences between adjacent cells.