Working systematically

There are 549 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Expenses
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Expenses

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the largest number which, when divided into 1905, 2587, 3951, 7020 and 8725 in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?
Home City
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Home City

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use the clues to work out which cities Mohamed, Sheng, Tanya and Bharat live in.
Dozens
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Dozens

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
Two Egg Timers
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Two Egg Timers

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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You have two egg timers. One takes 4 minutes exactly to empty and the other takes 7 minutes. What times in whole minutes can you measure and how?
A Child is Full of ...
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A Child is Full of ...

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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My cousin was 24 years old on Friday April 5th in 1974. On what day of the week was she born?
Number Sandwiches
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Number Sandwiches

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 to make a Number Sandwich?
Pair Sums
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Pair Sums

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Five numbers added together in pairs produce: 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 What are the five numbers?
Counting Factors
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Counting Factors

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
W Mates
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W Mates

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Show there are exactly 12 magic labellings of the Magic W using the numbers 1 to 9. Prove that for every labelling with a magic total T there is a corresponding labelling with a magic total 30-T.
Magic W
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Magic W

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Find all the ways of placing the numbers 1 to 9 on a W shape, with 3 numbers on each leg, so that each set of 3 numbers has the same total.