Today’s Challenge
Your task is to make the target number of 10 by adding together five numbers. You are limited to using 1 to 5, but these can be used any number of times in each sum.
One way to make 10 is 5+2+1+1+1 (or 52111); can you find the other FIVE ways?
The 7puzzle Challenge
The playing board of the 7puzzle game is a 7-by-7 grid containing 49 different numbers, ranging from 2 up to 84.
The 5th & 6th rows of the playing board contain the following fourteen numbers:
5 6 7 12 16 18 20 21 33 49 50 56 81 84
What is the sum of the multiples of 6?
Make 120 Challenge
Can you arrive at 120 by inserting 3, 4, 5 and 6 into the gaps on each line?
- (◯+√◯)×◯×◯ = 120
- (◯×◯)²×◯÷◯ = 120
- double(◯+◯)²×◯÷◯ = 120
Answers can be found here.
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