Past Questions
Maths Problems
- Painting PossibilitiesThis task, written for the National Young Mathematicians' Award 2016, involves open-topped boxes made with interlocking cubes. Explore the number of units of paint that are needed to cover the boxes and the small cubes that would fit inside each one.
- Two-way CalculusCan you find functions with the desired properties to fill in the table?
- Wire CagesWe can make 'wire cages' by using rods as the edges of cuboids. Can you work out what the volume of each wire cage will be? How many rods will you use?
- Finding 3D StacksCan you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?
- Parallelo-split
- Distance MatchCan you match these pairs of distances, one in miles and one in kilometres?
- It's Times AgainWhich way of flipping over and/or turning this grid will give you the highest total? You'll need to imagine where the numbers will go in this tricky task!
- Approaching Midnight Taking it FurtherHere we offer some suggestions about how you could take the Approaching Midnight game further.