A question of mathematics

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A question of mathematics
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Round 1 mental arithmetic

• 5 9 4 813 17 16 1124
  20 25 27

1. ? ? 17
2. ? X ? 20
3. ? - ? 3
4. ? ? 5

1. ? ? 20
2. ? X ? 100
3. ? - ? 20
4. ? ? 2

1. An even number
2. A square number

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Round 2 anagrams

• There will be one point for each correct
  mathematical word found using the letters in each
  of these phrases. You have up to 10 minutes.
• A bonus point if you get all 6 within the time
  allowed.

1. CLEAR GENT
2. LAGER NIT
3. GIVEN TEA
4. NIL BOIL
5. THE HIG
6. AS PARTY HOG

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Round 3 picture board

• Name these shapes.
• A bonus point if you can state a property of the
  shape.

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Round 4 sudoku

• Each row, column and rectangle contains the
  digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
• Complete the square.

6 5
1 5 4
6
2
2 1 3
5 6
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Round 5 history

• Three of these mathematicians were born in one of
  the countries shown.
• Pair them up.
• Where was the other one born?

Gauss Pascal Ramanujan Abel
Norway India Germany
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Round 6 sequences

• Find the missing number and the rule for the
  sequence.
• e.g. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24
• Answer 35 one less than consecutive square
  numbers

1. 5, 11, 17, 23, 29,
2. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13,
3. 1, 8, 27, 64,

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Round 7 who am I?

• One clue at a time will appear.
• Write down what you think is being described, and
  the clue number when you know what it is.
• I have one line of symmetry.
• Two of my angles are always equal.
• My two diagonals are perpendicular.
• I have two pairs of equal sides.
• The equal sides are adjacent.
• My angles add to 360.

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Round 8 whos who?

• Here are images of 4 mathematicians.
• Their names are G. H. Hardy, Hypatia, Emmy
  Noether and Al-Khwarizmi.
• Whos who?
• Bonus point for their nationality.