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The Mathemagician's Seven Spells
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level 
| The great spell has to be broken! It has seven parts. Two children, Anna and David, must break it, but you can help... | |
| The Mathemagician stands by his immense cauldron, flames dancing round. He stares hard at the cauldron and then at the two children. | |
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| "Tell me the next two numbers in each of these seven minor spells," chanted the Mathemagician, "and the great spell will crumble away! Watch the smoke to see the spells." | |
| Spell the first: |  |
| Spell the second: |  |
| Spell the third: |  |
| Spell the fourth: |  |
| Spell the fifth: |  |
| Spell the sixth: |  |
| Spell the seventh: |  |
| Anna and David managed to break the spell, did you? | |
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