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Difficulty: Extreme 123,456,789 is not a prime number. Is it possible to reorder its digits to give a prime number?

Difficulty: Extreme! George bought a bag of 70 lollies on Monday. He didn’t eat many on Monday, but he really liked the flavour. Every day after that he ate three more lollies than he had the previous day. The next Monday, George was about to eat his first lolly for the day and noticed the…

Difficulty: Fun Jane has some Australian silver coins in her pocket. When buying an apple, she realises she has more than $1 in silver coins, but can’t make exactly $1 with her coins. How is this possible? (Silver Australian coins come in 5c, 10c, 20c, and 50c.)

Have you ever sat in a garden or park and noticed all the different colours in plants? In this activity, you can dig deeper into nature’s colours and find out the variety of pigments that give each plant their unique colours.

Difficulty: Fun While Eddie is away on holidays his swimming pool has a leak. Each day it loses half the water still in the pool. Normally, it’s 1.6 metres deep, but when Eddie gets home there is only 10 centimetres of water in the bottom. How long has the pool been leaking?

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Camera, feather boa—action! It’s showtime in the forests of Tasmania. Scientists from the University of Tasmania are looking into the impact of feral cats, and they’ve found one method that attracts all kinds of critters.

Santa sent out 2 sleigh teams. One goes east, and the other goes west, until they meet. how far away from home are they when they meet?

These questions will help you to see the light. Take the quiz and see if you shine brightly.

Researchers in WA have started a new project tracking sea lions. These sea lions are getting a make-over with human hair dye! But first, a bit about these stylish lions of the sea.