Working systematically

  • A First Product Sudoku
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    A First Product Sudoku

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Given the products of adjacent cells, can you complete this Sudoku?

  • What shape?
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    What Shape?

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.

  • missing multipliers
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    Missing Multipliers

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?

  • Approaching Midnight Jump Straight In
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    Approaching Midnight

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here's a strategy game with lots to explore. Can you find out enough to guarantee a win, no matter what the settings?

  • The Number Jumbler
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    The Number Jumbler

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

  • 4 by 4 Mathdokus
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    4 by 4 Mathdokus

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you use the clues to complete these 4 by 4 Mathematical Sudokus?

  • Chocolate
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    Chocolate

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

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    Factor Lines

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.

  • Sealed Solution
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    Sealed Solution

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?

  • Eight hidden squares
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    Eight Hidden Squares

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight hidden squares?