Being curious

  • Number Daisy
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    Number Daisy

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find six numbers to go in the daisy from which you can make all the numbers from 1 to a number bigger than 25?

  • Add to 200
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    Add to 200

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    By selecting digits for an addition grid, what targets can you make?

  • About Average
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    About Average

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find sets of numbers which satisfy each of our mean, median, mode and range conditions?

  • Beach Huts
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    Beach Huts

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you figure out how sequences of beach huts are generated?

  • Legs Eleven
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    Legs Eleven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?

  • 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?

  • 1 Step 2 Step
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    1 Step 2 Step

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?

  • Think of Two Numbers
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    Think of Two Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?

  • Farey Sequences
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    Farey Sequences

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    There are lots of ideas to explore in these sequences of ordered fractions.

  • More Number Pyramids
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    More Number Pyramids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...