Being resilient

  • Weights
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    Weights

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?

  • The Tower of Hanoi - three wooden poles, with several coloured rings of decreasing sizes on the middle pole.
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    Tower of Hanoi

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.

  • Quadrilaterals in a Square
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    Quadrilaterals in a Square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What's special about the area of quadrilaterals drawn in a square?

  • Overlaps
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    Overlaps

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you find ways to put numbers in the overlaps so the rings have equal totals?

  • Terminating or not
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    Terminating or Not

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Is there a quick way to work out whether a fraction terminates or recurs when you write it as a decimal?

  • The Farmers' Field Boundary
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    The Farmers' Field Boundary

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?

  • What numbers can we make now?
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    What Numbers Can We Make Now?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

  • Differences
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    Differences

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you guarantee that, for any three numbers you choose, the product of their differences will always be an even number?

  • Triangles to Tetrahedra
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    Triangles to Tetrahedra

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?

  • How Many Miles To Go?
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    How Many Miles to Go?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?