Teasers for top tweens
Today’s problems come from Axiom Maths, a charity that that takes high-attaining primary school children and provides them with maths enrichment during secondary school.
One of Axiom’s main activities is to organise ‘maths circles’, in which small groups of pupils get together to tackle fun problems. Such as the ones below, which are aimed at children aged 11/12, and form the basis for further explorations.
Agent 001 gives a present to the agent who gives a present to agent 002
Agent 002 gives a present to the agent who gives a present to agent 003
Agent 003 gives a present to the agent who gives a present to agent 004
and so on, until
Agent 009 gives a present to the agent who gives a present to agent 001
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