Working systematically

There are 604 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Map Folding
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Map folding

Age
7 to 11
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Take a rectangle of paper and fold it in half, and half again, to make four smaller rectangles. How many different ways can you fold it up?
The Best Card Trick?
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The best card trick?

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Time for a little mathemagic! Choose any five cards from a pack and show four of them to your partner. How can they work out the fifth?
Bell Ringing
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Bell ringing

Age
11 to 14
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Suppose you are a bellringer. Can you find the changes so that, starting and ending with a round, all the 24 possible permutations are rung once each and only once?
Smith and Jones
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Smith and jones

Age
14 to 16
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Mr Smith and Mr Jones are two maths teachers. By asking questions, the answers to which may be right or wrong, Mr Jones is able to find the number of the house Mr Smith lives in... Or not!
Satnav Dilemma
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Satnav dilemma

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many routes are there in this diagram from S to T?
Nineteen Hexagons
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Nineteen hexagons

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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In this maze of hexagons, you start in the centre at 0. The next hexagon must be a multiple of 2 and the next a multiple of 5. What are the possible paths you could take?
Seasonal Twin Sudokus
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Seasonal twin sudokus

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
Triangular Clock
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Triangular clock

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Trinni rearanges numbers on a clock face so each adjacent pair add up to a triangle number... What number did she put where 6 would usually be?
Twin chute-swapping Sudoku
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Twin chute-swapping sudoku

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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A pair of Sudokus with lots in common. In fact they are the same problem but rearranged. Can you find how they relate to solve them both?