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Homework Problems - Week 6 - Mobius strip, Magic

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This lesson has two parts - Homework and Mixed Problems.

Homework Problems
Concept Problems - Homework

Problem 1
Find the magic sum of the magic square of order 11.

Problem 2
Complete the magic square.
17
14 7
22 4
21 12
25 18

Problem 3
What is the sum of the numbers which are placed at the four corners of the a magic
square of order 9.

Problem 4
What should be at the centre of a magic square of order 21?

Problem 5
Find the magic sum of a magic square of order 10.

Mixed Problems - Homework

Some of the concepts required in this section may be unknown to you. Do

not worry. Try whatever you can. This section is designed to give students
continuous exposure to mixed problems.

Problem 1
Qiang, Rory, and Sophia are each wearing a hat with a number on it. Each adds
the two numbers on the other two hats, giving totals of 11,17 and 22. What is the
largest number on a hat?

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Problem 2
The number 840 is the 3 -digit number with the most factors. How many factors
does it have?

Problem 3
A class has 2016 matchsticks. Using blobs of modelling clay to join the matches
together, they make a long row of cubes. This is how their row starts.
They keep adding cubes to the end of the row until they don’t have enough matches
left for another cube. How many cubes will they make?

Problem 4
You have an unlimited supply of five different coloured pop-sticks and want to make
as many different coloured equilateral triangles as possible, using three sticks. One
example is shown here. Two triangles are not considered different if they are rota-
tions or reflections of each other. How many different triangles are possible?

Problem 5
Today my three cousins multiplied their ages together and it came to 2016. This day
last year their ages multiplied to 1377. When they multiplied their ages together 2
years ago today, what was their answer?