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problemIsland Hopping
What is the smallest number of ferry trips that Neda needs to take to visit all four islands and return to the mainland? -
problemGrid Without Lines
Can you remove the least number of points from this diagram, so no three of the remaining points are in a straight line? -
problemKept Apart
The squares of this grid contain one of the letters P, Q, R and S. Can you complete this square so that touching squares do not contain the same letter? How many possibilities are there? -
problemFruit Line-Up
This grocer wants to arrange his fruit in a particular order, can you help him? -
problemColourful Tiles
Weekly Problem 21 - 2011
How many ways can you paint this wall with four different colours? -
problemAdjacent Additions
In a 7-digit numerical code, each group of four consecutive digits adds to 16, and each group of five consecutive digits adds to 19. What is the sum of all 7 digits? -
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problemEnd of a Prime
I made a list of every number that is the units digit of at least one prime number. How many digits appear in the list? -
problemIsometric Rhombuses
Weekly Problem 31 - 2016
The diagram shows a grid of $16$ identical equilateral triangles. How many rhombuses are there made up of two adjacent small triangles?