Maths Week Scotland 2021

Maths Week Scotland Daily Challenges

We've teamed up with Maths Week Scotland on this year's Daily Challenges .

Each morning we'll add a new challenge which has been set by the Scottish Mathematical Council. We'll give you a hint of how to solve it. We 'll publish the answers after 12:00 each day,

So join in, see if you can work out the answers and have fun doing it!

Problem 1 - Palindromic sales

Problem 1 is all about palindromes: words, phrases or numbers that read the same backwards or forwards.

Maths teacher Chris Smith is here to explain. WOW!

Problem 2 - A very long walk?

Problem 2 is all about units of lengths and distances.

Maths teacher Chris Smith is here to help you get the measure of things.

Problem 3 - Triangle areas

Problem 3 is all about equilateral triangles.

Maths teacher Chris Smith is here to help get your brains into shape.

Problem 4 - Rods

Problem 4 is about using three lengths of rod to measure all sorts of lengths.

Maths teacher Chris Smith can show you how things add up.

Problem 5 - Powerful pyramid

Problem 5 is about powers of 2, like 2² or 2³.

Chris Smith is here to help you square up to this challenge.

Problem 6 - Filling the tank

Problem 6 is about working out the time it takes to fill a water tank.

Maths teacher Chris Smith has some top tips on how to solve this. Or should that be tap tips?

Problem 7 - Number puzzle

Problem 7 is all about working out missing numbers.

Maths teacher Chris Smith has all the answers in mind.