Prime numbers

  • flow chart
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    Flow Chart

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The flow chart requires two numbers, M and N. Select several values for M and try to establish what the flow chart does.

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    Little Goldbach

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many of the numbers 1 to 20 are not the sum of two primes?

  • Great Granddad
    problem

    Great Granddad

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Great Granddad is very proud of his telegram from the Queen congratulating him on his hundredth birthday and he has friends who are even older than he is... When was he born?

  • Gaxinta
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    Gaxinta

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A number N is divisible by 10, 90, 98 and 882 but it is NOT divisible by 50 or 270 or 686 or 1764. It is also known that N is a factor of 9261000. What is N?

  • Factoring factorials
    problem

    Factoring Factorials

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Find the highest power of 11 that will divide into 1000! exactly.

  • One to Eight
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    One to Eight

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Complete the following expressions so that each one gives a four digit number as the product of two two digit numbers and uses the digits 1 to 8 once and only once.

  • Powerful factorial
    problem

    Powerful Factorial

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    6! = 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1. The highest power of 2 that divides exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4) = 45. What is the highest power of two that divides exactly into 100!?

  • Coins
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    Coins

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A man has 5 coins in his pocket. Given the clues, can you work out what the coins are?

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    HCF Expression

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Find out which two distinct primes less than $7$ will give the largest highest common factor of these two expressions.

  • A Biggy
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    A Biggy

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Find the smallest positive integer N such that N/2 is a perfect cube, N/3 is a perfect fifth power and N/5 is a perfect seventh power.