Puzzle 1
Can you show that maths equation
has five different whole number solutions?
Challenge: is it possible to have a similar equation with six different integer answers? Please send answers to your local Area Coordinator.
For we … have three different scenarios:
maths equation
Puzzle 2
maths equation has 64 distinct factors. Can you explain why, and can you find the prime factorisation for a lower number with 64 distinct factors?
Each prime factor can be in or not in the prime factorisation of a factor, so there are maths equation possible factors. There are lower possibilities and the lowest is maths equation