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  • Product Sudoku
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    Product Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 16
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    The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.

  • Magic potting sheds
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    Magic Potting Sheds

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    11 to 16
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    Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?

  • More Twisting and Turning
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    More Twisting and Turning

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    11 to 16
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    It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...

  • Cuboid challenge
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    Cuboid Challenge

    Age
    11 to 16
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    What's the largest volume of box you can make from a square of paper?

  • Wipeout
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    Wipeout

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?

  • Rhombus It
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    Rhombus It

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

  • Nine Colours
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    Nine Colours

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?

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    Shopping Basket

    Age
    11 to 16
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    The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?

  • Ben's Game
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    Ben's Game

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Ben, Jack and Emma passed counters to each other and ended with the same number of counters. How many did they start with?

  • More Magic Potting sheds
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    More Magic Potting Sheds

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    11 to 16
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    The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?