Working systematically

  • Colour Islands Sudoku
    problem

    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
    problem

    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
    problem

    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
    problem

    Tiling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    An investigation that gives you the opportunity to make and justify predictions.
  • Stop the Clock
    problem

    Stop the clock

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

  • All-Variables Sudoku
    problem

    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
    problem

    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.

  • problem

    In the bag

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?

  • Thinking Mathematically - Short Problems
    problem

    Cannon balls

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How high will a ball taking a million seconds to fall travel?