Year 10 Being resilient

  • Differences
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    Differences

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you guarantee that, for any three numbers you choose, the product of their differences will always be an even number?

  • Take Three From Five
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    Take Three From Five

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Caroline and James pick sets of five numbers. Charlie tries to find three that add together to make a multiple of three. Can they stop him?

  • More Twisting and Turning
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    More Twisting and Turning

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...

  • Same length
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    Same Length

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?

  • A little light thinking
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    A Little Light Thinking

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles Seven

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Is it possible to find the angles in this rather special isosceles triangle?

  • Standard Index Form Matching
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    Standard Index Form Matching

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you match these calculations in Standard Index Form with their answers?

  • Fair Shares?
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    Fair Shares?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    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?

  • Inscribed in a Circle
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    Inscribed in a Circle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The area of a square inscribed in a circle with a unit radius is 2. What is the area of these other regular polygons inscribed in a circle with a unit radius?

  • Speeding boats
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    Speeding Boats

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?

  • Filling the gaps
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    Filling the Gaps

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Which numbers can we write as a sum of square numbers?

  • Puzzling Place Value
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    Puzzling Place Value

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you explain what is going on in these puzzling number tricks?

  • Latin Numbers
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    Latin Numbers

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you create a Latin Square from multiples of a six digit number?