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?

  • Largest product
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    Largest Product

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Which set of numbers that add to 100 have the largest product?

  • Reflecting Squarely
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    Reflecting Squarely

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?

  • 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?

  • Flippin' discs
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    Flippin' Discs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Discs are flipped in the air. You win if all the faces show the same colour. What is the probability of winning?

  • Odds and Evens
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    Odds and Evens

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Are these games fair? How can you tell?

  • Substitution Cipher
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    Substitution Cipher

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.

  • m, m and m
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    M, M and M

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?

  • Elevenses
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    Elevenses

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?