Here's an interesting story of a girl in Michigan with Grapheme-Color Synesthesia. In other words, she visualizes each digit, zero through nine, as a different color.
For her, and others with the same condition, it adds a new splash to math work.
Castle
You can position 10 defenders of a square castle so that on every side there will be 5 men.
Solution:
Place men on the corners in one of the configurations below.
5 - - - - - - - 0
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0 - - - - - - - 5
4 - - - - - - - 1
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1 - - - - - - - 4
3 - - - - - - - 2
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2 - - - - - - - 3
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