Working systematically

  • Funny Factorisation
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    Funny Factorisation

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Using the digits 1 to 9, the number 4396 can be written as the product of two numbers. Can you find the factors?

  • Ratio Sudoku 1
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    Ratio Sudoku 1

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A Sudoku with clues as ratios.

  • Product Sudoku
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    Product Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.

  • Magic potting sheds
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    Magic Potting Sheds

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?

  • 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...

  • Cuboid challenge
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    Cuboid Challenge

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What's the largest volume of box you can make from a square of paper?

  • Wipeout
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    Wipeout

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?

  • Rhombus It
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    Rhombus It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

  • Nine Colours
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    Nine Colours

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?

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    Shopping Basket

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?