Working systematically

  • Threes and Fours
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    Threes and Fours

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is the smallest integer where every digit is a 3 or a 4 and it is divisible by both 3 and 4?
  • Half and Half
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    Half and Half

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Two of the four small triangles are to be painted black. In how many ways can this be done?
  • Multiplication Table Puzzle
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    Multiplication Table Puzzle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In the multiplication table on the right, only some of the numbers have been given. What is the value of A+B+C+D+E?
  • Build it \Up more
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    Build It Up More

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This task follows on from Build it Up and takes the ideas into three dimensions!
  • Cereal Packets
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    Cereal Packets

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?
  • Exhaustion
    problem

    Exhaustion

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find the positive integer solutions of the equation (1+1/a)(1+1/b)(1+1/c) = 2
  • How old are the children?
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    How Old Are the Children?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A student in a maths class was trying to get some information from her teacher. She was given some clues and then the teacher ended by saying, "Well, how old are they?"
  • Ones Only
    problem

    Ones Only

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Find the smallest whole number which, when mutiplied by 7, gives a product consisting entirely of ones.
  • Master Minding
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    Master Minding

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Your partner chooses two beads and places them side by side behind a screen. What is the minimum number of guesses you would need to be sure of guessing the two beads and their positions?
  • Pattern of islands
    problem

    Pattern of Islands

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In how many distinct ways can six islands be joined by bridges so that each island can be reached from every other island...