Try this KAKURO-style question, and test your knowledge of basic addition and number combinations:
Your task is to find the SEVEN different ways of making 17 when adding together 3 UNIQUE digits from 1-9. Can you list them all?
Another TARGET 24 puzzle to test you. These challenges from the American card game, 24game, can be both frustrating and addictive.
Today’s task is to arrive at the target answer of 24 by using the four digits 5 8 8 9 just once each, and with + – x ÷ available.
Another COUNTDOWN-style challenge for you number puzzle enthusiasts. The slight difference to the numerical challenges seen on the Channel 4 show in the UK is that all SIX numbers must be used in this puzzle:
Using the six numbers 5 5 5 10 10 10 once each, with + – x ÷ available, can you arrive at the target number of 1,000? Remember, ALL SIX numbers must be used in your calculation!
On #puzzlefriday (see twitter), here’s another KENKEN puzzle to try for both old and new fans. Today is a slightly different 5×5 puzzle where all the answers are 10.
In the following KENKEN grid, every row and column must contain the numbers 1-5 and numbers cannot be repeated. Within each heavily outlined area, or cage, numbers must arrive at the given answer, which is 10 in every case today:
If you enjoyed this, click on KENKEN to go directly to their site and try some puzzles on-line. As well as this 5×5 challenge, there are many different-sized puzzles available to try.
Have a go at this SEQUENCES question by analysing the relationship between one number and the following one each time:
What is the 7th number that should appear in this sequence, and why?
10 5 7 14 7 9 ?
In our ALPHABET NUMBERS puzzle, each letter of the English alphabet is assigned a value. Follow the instructions and answer the questions below:
Allocate each letter of the alphabet a numerical value, a=1 b=2 c=3 . . . z=26. When you add the values of the individual letters of the words GAMES and PUZZLES together, answer these two questions:
Here’s another TARGET 7 challenge, where at least one of the numbers in the calculation will be a decimal number:
Using each of the numbers 0.4, 2, 2, 3 once each, and with the four arithmetical operations available, can you arrive at the target answer of 7?
Another showing of our brand-new CAS puzzle to celebrate the new POSSIBLE100 app that has been developed by the Y5 children of Casllwchwr PS in Swansea, and is now in the AppStore. This number puzzle is similar to the regular POSSIBLE number puzzle, but you can only use addition and subtraction:
Using the numbers 2 5 5 once each, with just addition and subtraction available to use, find the only possible target numbers that can be achieved from 0-18.
If you know your time calculations and are very good at addition and subtraction, have a go at this time-related question.
Add together:
then subtract:
What is your final answer?
A different-sized NUMBER TRAIL question, involving the four arithmetical operations and a percentage calculation within the ten steps. The final step always involves the number seven.
As it is the 11th today, we start with the number 11, then:
What is your final answer?
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