Working systematically

There are 604 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Worms
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Worms

Age
7 to 11
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Place this "worm" on the 100 square and find the total of the four squares it covers. Keeping its head in the same place, what other totals can you make?
It's all about 64
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It's all about 64

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Write the numbers up to 64 in an interesting way so that the shape they make at the end is interesting, different, more exciting ... than just a square.
Red Express Train
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Red express train

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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The Red Express Train usually has five red carriages. How many ways can you find to add two blue carriages?
On Target
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On target

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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You have 5 darts and your target score is 44. How many different ways could you score 44?
Instant Insanity
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Instant insanity

Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
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Given the nets of 4 cubes with the faces coloured in 4 colours, build a tower so that on each vertical wall no colour is repeated, that is all 4 colours appear.

Medal Muddle
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Medal muddle

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Countries from across the world competed in a sports tournament. Can you devise an efficient strategy to work out the order in which they finished?
Count the Trapeziums
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Count the trapeziums

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many trapeziums, of various sizes, are hidden in this picture?
LOGO Challenge - The logic of LOGO
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Logo challenge - the logic of logo

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Just four procedures were used to produce a design. How was it done? Can you be systematic and elegant so that someone can follow your logic?
Ancient Runes
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Ancient runes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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The Vikings communicated in writing by making simple scratches on wood or stones called runes. Can you work out how their code works using the table of the alphabet?
One to Fifteen
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One to fifteen

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you put the numbers from 1 to 15 on the circles so that no consecutive numbers lie anywhere along a continuous straight line?