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    The document contains three math problems at different levels: 1) The senior level problem asks how many numbers between 1 and 20 can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares and to consider patterns in the differences between squares. 2) The intermediate level problem provides clues about a man with 5 coins that can make 13 amounts ending in two digits, but cannot make 70p or afford an item costing £1, and can make a prime number over 10. The problem is to determine the coins. 3) The junior level problem asks what area of a square is not covered by a circle with radius 2.2cm touching the sides of the square. A hint provides the formula for circle area.

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    The document contains three math problems at different levels: 1) The senior level problem asks how many numbers between 1 and 20 can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares and to consider patterns in the differences between squares. 2) The intermediate level problem provides clues about a man with 5 coins that can make 13 amounts ending in two digits, but cannot make 70p or afford an item costing £1, and can make a prime number over 10. The problem is to determine the coins. 3) The junior level problem asks what area of a square is not covered by a circle with radius 2.2cm touching the sides of the square. A hint provides the formula for circle area.

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    Octobers ELO yo.

    Senior Whats Possible?


    Many numbers can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares.
    For example,
    20 = 6242
    21 = 5222
    How many of the numbers from 1 to 20 can you express as the difference
    of two perfect squares?
    Here are some questions to consider:
    What do you notice about the difference between squares of consecutive
    numbers?
    What about the difference when I square two numbers which differ by 2?
    By 3? By 4...?
    When is the difference between two square numbers odd? And when is it
    even?
    What do you notice about the numbers you CANNOT make?
    Can you prove any of your findings?

    Intermediate - Coins
    A man has 5 coins in his pocket.

    He can make 13 different amounts of money with his coins

    The amounts of money he can make end with one of two possible
    digits.

    He cannot make up exactly 70 pence

    He cannot afford an item costing 1 pound

    He can make a prime number bigger than 10 with his coins.

    Given these clues, can you work out what the coins are?
    Is there only one possible combination of coins?

    Junior The Pi Are Square

    A circle with the radius of 2.2 centimetres is drawn


    touching the sides of a square. What area of the square
    is NOT covered by the circle?
    Hint: The formula for the area of a circle is r 2 which
    means (about) 3.14 times the radius, times the radius.

    Please show your working out as clearly as possible.


    Hand in your solutions to a Maths teacher by the 31 st October
    2016.
    Prizes will be awarded for the best solutions : )

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