Here are a few problems to look at during the summer. The answers will be posted on this page at the end of our summber break. Good Luck!


Note: Puzzles are from Brian Bolt’s Mathematical Cavalcade

Place eight pawns on a chess board so that no two pawns lie on the same row, column or diagonal.(Bolt 1)

Each letter stands for a different number in this addition sum.  Four solutions are possible. Find them.(Bolt 4)
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Take any 3-digit number and use your calculator to multiply it by 13.  Now multiply the product by 7, and the new product formed by 11.  What do you find?  Can you explain your findings?(Bolt 23)

A set of dominoes consists of rectangular tiles each carrying two numbers from 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 represented by patterns of spots.  Every possible paring of numbers occurs just once, including each number with itself.  How many dominoes are there in a set?  How many spots are there on a set of dominoes?(Bolt 26)