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Number Differences
Submit a Solution Age 7 to 11
Solution
You might like to try A Ring of Numbers and More Rings of Numbers before this
Teachers' Resources problem.
Primary Curriculum Linked
Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the squares below so that the difference
between joined squares is odd. (You must use each of the numbers once.)
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An investigation involving
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of consecutive numbers.
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Roll These Dice

Roll two red dice and a
green dice. Add the two
numbers on the red dice
and take away the number
on the green. What are all
the different possible
answers? Can you find some other ways to do this? Explain how you do this.

Domino Square
Use the 'double-3
down' dominoes to make a
square so that each side has
eight dots.
Can you put the numbers in the squares so that the difference between joined
squares is even?
Explain your answer.
What general statements can you make about odd and even numbers?

This problem is based on an idea taken from "Apex Maths Pupils' Book 2" by Ann
Montague-Smith and Paul Harrison, published in 2003 by Cambridge University Press.

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