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17 December

Put the digits 1 to 9 (using each digit exactly once) in the boxes so that the sums are correct. The sums should be read left to right and top to bottom ignoring the usual order of operations. For example, 4+3×2 is 14, not 10. Today's number is the product of the numbers in the red boxes.
++= 10
+ × ×
++= 12
+ +
++= 23
=
10
=
12
=
23

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16 December

Noel writes the integers from 1 to 1000 in a large triangle like this:
The rightmost number in the row containing the number 6 is 9. What is the rightmost number in the row containing the number 300?

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15 December

There are 3 even numbers between 3 and 9.
What is the only odd number \(n\) such that there are \(n\) even numbers between \(n\) and 729?

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12 December

The determinant of the 2 by 2 matrix \(\begin{pmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{pmatrix}\) is \(ad-bc\).
If a 2 by 2 matrix's entries are all in the set \(\{1, 2, 3\}\), the largest possible deteminant of this matrix is 8.
What is the largest possible determinant of a 2 by 2 matrix whose entries are all in the set \(\{1, 2, 3, ..., 12\}\)?

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11 December

There are five 3-digit numbers whose digits are all either 1 or 2 and who do not contain two 2s in a row: 111, 112, 121, 211, and 212.
How many 14-digit numbers are there whose digits are all either 1 or 2 and who do not contain two 2s in a row?

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9 December

Put the digits 1 to 9 (using each digit exactly once) in the boxes so that the sums are correct. The sums should be read left to right and top to bottom ignoring the usual order of operations. For example, 4+3×2 is 14, not 10. Today's number is the largest number you can make with the digits in the red boxes.
++= 20
+ + ÷
+= 0
+ ×
÷×= 12
=
22
=
6
=
2

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6 December

There are 21 three-digit integers whose digits are all non-zero and whose digits add up to 8.
How many positive integers are there whose digits are all non-zero and whose digits add up to 8?

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5 December

Put the digits 1 to 9 (using each digit exactly once) in the boxes so that the sums are correct. The sums should be read left to right and top to bottom ignoring the usual order of operations. For example, 4+3×2 is 14, not 10. Today's number is the product of the numbers in the red boxes.
×÷= 15
+ + +
×÷= 14
×÷= 27
=
9
=
5
=
5

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