Working systematically

  • Seven Square Numbers
    problem

    Seven Square Numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Add the sum of the squares of four numbers between 10 and 20 to the sum of the squares of three numbers less than 6 to make the square of another, larger, number.

  • Penta Primes
    problem

    Penta Primes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Using all ten cards from 0 to 9, rearrange them to make five prime numbers. Can you find any other ways of doing it?

  • Counting Cards
    problem

    Counting Cards

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A magician took a suit of thirteen cards and held them in his hand face down. Every card he revealed had the same value as the one he had just finished spelling. How did this work?

  • Counters
    problem

    Counters

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remove them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?

  • Uncanny triangles
    problem

    Uncanny Triangles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you help the children find the two triangles which have the lengths of two sides numerically equal to their areas?

  • The date January 7th on a flip calendar, with a purple background.
    problem

    Seven Flipped

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.

  • Cuboid-in-a-Box
    problem

    Cuboid-In-A-Box

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?

  • Colourful craft matchsticks.
    problem

    Sticks and Triangles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Using different numbers of sticks, how many different triangles are you able to make? Can you make any rules about the numbers of sticks that make the most triangles?

  • More and More Buckets
    problem

    More and More Buckets

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    In this challenge, buckets come in five different sizes. If you choose some buckets, can you investigate the different ways in which they can be filled?