Being resourceful

  • Two and Two
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    Two and Two

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

  • Polygon Pictures
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    Polygon Pictures

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you work out how these polygon pictures were drawn, and use that to figure out their angles?

  • Almost One
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    Almost One

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Choose some fractions and add them together. Can you get close to 1?

  • Pocket money
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    Pocket Money

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Which of these pocket money systems would you rather have?

  • Blue and White
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    Blue and White

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?

  • 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?

  • Shady Symmetry
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    Shady Symmetry

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?

  • Picturing Triangular Numbers
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    Picturing Triangular Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What do you notice about the sum of two identical triangular numbers?