Sets and Groups - March 2005, Stage 3&4

Problems

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Consecutive Seven

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?

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Shuffle Shriek

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Can you find all the 4-ball shuffles?

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Stars

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you find a relationship between the number of dots on the circle and the number of steps that will ensure that all points are hit?

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Arithmagons

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?

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Spot the Card

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

It is possible to identify a particular card out of a pack of 15 with the use of some mathematical reasoning. What is this reasoning and can it be applied to other numbers of cards?

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Sheffuls

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Discover a handy way to describe reorderings and solve our anagram in the process.

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Zodiac

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

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