Today’s Challenge
Using any five numbers from 1-5, with + – × ÷ available, can you find two different ways of arriving at the target number 86?
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 4th & 5th rows of the playing board contain the following fourteen numbers:
3 6 7 10 16 21 32 35 44 50 54 60 81 84
What is the difference between the two largest odd numbers?
Make 296 Challenge
Can you arrive at 296 by inserting 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 into the gaps below?
(◯×◯+◯)×(◯²–◯) = 296
Answers can be found here.
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