Problem solving
Books and magazines problem
Can you work out how many books there are in different boxes?
The farmer's weight problem
Can you work out how much the farmer weighs?
Dice problem
Can you figure out which nets can fold into cubes or dice?
Problem 4 - Shopping spree
Can you work out how much money Tam McTavish spent on a family shopping trip?
Triangle problem
Can you figure out how many triangles in this diagram?
Sequences problem
Can you solve this problem about sequences and finding missing information?
Traffic calming problem
Can you calculate the average speed of a journey?
Counting cubes problem
Can you solve this problem about visualising 3-D shapes and counting cubes?
Fruit cocktail problem
Can you find out the missing prices to solve this problem?
Edging the path
Can you figure out measurements and calculate costs to solve this gardening problem?
Ways and means problem
Can you use different types of mathematical averages to find some mystery numbers?
Dominoes problem
Can you find all the possibilities for fitting dominoes in a box with this problem about space and volume?
Teachers’ meeting problem
Can you work out how many teachers are taking part in a meeting?
Missing lines problem
Can you work out where the missing lines in a diagram should go in this problem about mathematical relationships?
Palindromic sales problem
Can you solve this problem about numbers that read the same forwards and backwards?
A very long walk problem
Can you solve this problem about comparing different units of length and distances?
Triangle areas problem
Can you work out the areas of different parts of triangles?
Rods problem
Can you solve this problem about using different lengths of rod to work out all sorts of measurements?
Powerful pyramid problem
Can you solve this problem about powers and incides?
Filling the tank problem
Can you solve this problem about using different taps to fill a water tank?
Number puzzle problem
Can you solve this problem about equations with missing numbers?
