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Maths Teaser: What’s the Number?

Let’s have two teasers on the go. 

What is the only number in which you can add up all it’s digits, and then multiply that number by three and get your original number?

Answer below, reason for your answer, and good luck once again!

Maths Teaser: Next Three Numbers

Back again. What are the next three numbers in this sequence?
1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 22, ?, ?, ?
Answer in the comments box below, with a reason please! Good Luck!

Maths Teaser: Missing Numbers

X - 14 - 15 - 92 - 653 - 5897 - 9323 - Y - …..
What numbers should replace the X and the Y?
Answer in the comments box below, and again, a reason for your answer please!

Maths Teaser: Password

This maths teaser is slightly different - getting the correct answer gains you the password to a hidden area of PrestonLodge.net, but you’ll have to use your skills as a mathematician to get it. The password is made up of 5 digits; here are your clues:
The fourth number is 1 more than the second number.
The second [...]

Maths Teaser: Lockers

Suppose you’re in a hallway with 100 closed lockers against the wall.
You start by opening every locker. Then you go back and close every second locker. Then you go to every third locker and open it if it’s closed, or close it if it’s open. Let’s call this action ‘toggling’ a locker. Continue ‘toggling’ every [...]

Maths Exams: The Results

Now that the exam results are through, the SQA have released their official marking instructions for all the maths exams set in 2008. All levels can be viewed/downloaded here. The Grade Boundaries for all subjects at all levels is also available here.
The poll in the sidebar has been updated to ask ‘what grade did you [...]

Maths Teaser: Gold Coins

All of the gold coins are identical, and of the same value.
If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers (or piles), then 32 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers.
How many coins do I have? Remember, a reason for your answer please!

Higher Maths Exam

The Higher Maths exam took place today, and the exam papers are now available to view online here:
Paper 1:
Paper 2:
Use this space to discuss the exam, answers, solutions, worries if necessary etc.
Answers are now available thanks to Mr H of Invergordon Academy:
Paper 1: see here                    [...]

Maths Teaser: Next three numbers…

A trickier teaser for you all:
What are the next three numbers in this series? Again, a reason for your answer please!
4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108

Maths Teaser: 1, 1, 1, 1…

Another teaser for you all:
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,?,1,1,1
What number should replace the ‘ ? ‘ ? (again, a reason for your answer please!)





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