Year 8 Being resilient

  • An American flag waving in the wind.
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    American Billions

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...

  • A green frog.
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    Frogs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?

  • Isosceles Triangles
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    Isosceles Triangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9cm^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

  • How much can we spend?
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    How Much Can We Spend?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A country has decided to have just two different coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?

  • Forwards Add Backwards
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    Forwards Add Backwards

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What happens when you add a three digit number to its reverse?

  • Where can we visit?
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    Where Can We Visit?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Charlie and Abi put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: ×2 and -5. What do you think?

  • Coordinate Patterns
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    Coordinate Patterns

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Charlie and Alison have been drawing patterns on coordinate grids. Can you picture where the patterns lead?

  • Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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    Factors and Multiples Puzzle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?

  • Charlie's delightful machine
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    Charlie's Delightful Machine

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?

  • Multiple Surprises
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    Multiple Surprises

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Sequences of multiples keep cropping up...

  • A blue map of electronic connections between people.
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    Connecting Averages

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The number in the square is the mean of the four numbers surrounding it. Can you find the missing numbers? 

  • crossing the bridge
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    Crossing the Bridge

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Four friends must cross a bridge. How can they all cross it in just 17 minutes?