Being resilient

problem

Tea Cups

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

3 out of 3

Place the 16 different combinations of cup/saucer in this 4 by 4 arrangement so that no row or column contains more than one cup or saucer of the same colour.
problem

So It's Times!

Age

7 to 14

Challenge level

3 out of 3

How will you decide which way of flipping over and/or turning the grid will give you the highest total?
game

Last Biscuit

Age

11 to 18

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Can you find a strategy that ensures you get to take the last biscuit in this game?
problem

Data Matching

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

1 out of 3

Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
problem

All Tangled Up

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Can you tangle yourself up and reach any fraction?
problem

Brimful

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Can you find the volumes of the mathematical vessels?
problem

Crazy Cannons

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Two cannons are fired at one another and the cannonballs collide... what can you deduce?
problem

Frosty the Snowman

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Frosty the Snowman is melting. Can you use your knowledge of differential equations to find out how his volume changes as he shrinks?
problem

The Derren Brown Coin Flipping Scam

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

3 out of 3

Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.
problem

Tri-Angled Trig

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

3 out of 3

Can you justify this equation involving three angles?