Working systematically

A mother wants to share some money by giving each child in turn a lump sum plus a fraction of the remainder. How can she do this to share the money out equally?

Many numbers can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares. What do you notice about the numbers you CANNOT make?

All CD Heaven stores were given the same number of a popular CD to sell for £24. In their two week sale each store reduces the price of the CD by 25% ... How many CDs did the store sell at each price?

Can you make sense of information about trees in order to maximise the profits of a forestry company?

Chris and Jo put two red and four blue ribbons in a box. They each pick a ribbon from the box without looking. Jo wins if the two ribbons are the same colour. Is the game fair?

Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.

Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?

An irregular tetrahedron is composed of four different triangles. Can such a tetrahedron be constructed where the side lengths are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 units of length?

Chris is enjoying a swim but needs to get back for lunch. How far along the bank should she land?

Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by the inner triangle?