Problem Solving

What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?

Noah saw 12 legs walk by into the Ark. How many creatures did he see?

Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?

On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?

There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs. How many eggs are in each basket?

Use the information about Sally and her brother to find out how many children there are in the Brown family.

As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?

Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.

What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?