Combinations
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problemMake a pair of cubes that can be moved to show all the days of the month from the 1st to the 31st. -
problemWaiting for Blast Off
10 space travellers are waiting to board their spaceships. There are two rows of seats in the waiting room. Using the rules, where are they all sitting? Can you find all the possible ways? -
problemWag Worms
When intergalactic Wag Worms are born they look just like a cube. Each year they grow another cube in any direction. Find all the shapes that five-year-old Wag Worms can be.
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problemPenta Primes
Using all ten cards from 0 to 9, rearrange them to make five prime numbers. Can you find any other ways of doing it?
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problemRod Measures
Using 3 rods of integer lengths, none longer than 10 units and not using any rod more than once, you can measure all the lengths in whole units from 1 to 10 units. How many ways can you do this?
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problemHamilton's Puzzle
I start my journey in Rio de Janeiro and visit all the cities as Hamilton described, passing through Canberra before Madrid, and then returning to Rio. What route could I have taken?
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problemMore and More Buckets
In this challenge, buckets come in five different sizes. If you choose some buckets, can you investigate the different ways in which they can be filled?
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problemHuman Food
Sam displays cans in 3 triangular stacks. With the same number he could make one large triangular stack or stack them all in a square based pyramid. How many cans are there how were they arranged?
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problemTea Cups
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.
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problemMore Children and Plants
This challenge extends the Plants investigation so now four or more children are involved.