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Here is a collection of short, open-ended, mathematically-based programming challenges. They can typically be solved in no more than 10-lines of code.
1.
A series to find $\pi$
2.
Show $\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)=1$
3.
Find the square root of a number.
4.
Euler polynomial and primes
5.
Sum square different
6.
Add the digits of a number
7.
Archimedean spiral
8.
Recurrence relation
9.
Fractions with square root
10.
$n$ integer to perfect square
11.
Integer terms
12.
$n$ divisible by 3
13.
Which is larger?
14.
Sum equals product
15.
x squared
16.
Sum of geometric series
17.
Sum numbers to find pi
18.
Not multiples of 6 or 15
19.
Variable quadratic coefficient
20.
Slope of a line
21.
Fibonacci Sequence
22.
Sequence converge
23.
Rolling two dice
24.
Round to the nearest integer
25.
Gaussian Random Numbers
26.
Average of sine
27.
Average of sine with an offset
28.
x and its absolute value
29.
Arithmetic Series
30.
Rotate a square
31.
Iterate the square root
32.
Iterate the $\sin(x)$ or $\cos(x)$
33.
Sides of a Triangle
34.
sin(x)/x as x goes to zero
35.
Imaginary root of a quadratic equation
36.
Make a Plot
37.
Roots of a polynomial
38.
What does uniform mean?
39.
Funny absolute value = 1
40.
Dice rolls larger than 100
41.
Solve a quadratic by iteration
42.
Random Walk
43.
Perfect square
44.
Happy Valentine's Day
45.
Standard deviation
46.
Coin Flips
47.
Coin Flips Again
48.
Obtuse Triangle
49.
Golden Ratio Again
50.
Golden Ratio
51.
Draw a line
52.
Distance in 3D
53.
Random number range
54.
Recurrence Relation
55.
A limit
56.
Coincidences
57.
Divisible by 11
58.
The Collatz conjecture
59.
Square Line Picking
60.
Fractions of 7
61.
1/89
62.
John and Mary's dice roll
63.
5 random numbers
64.
Airplane seating
65.
Non squares
66.
Different birthday problem
67.
x-squared and x-cubed
68.
Two integers
69.
Expected value
70.
Prove an inverse tan indentity
71.
Find some triples
72.
Product of 1/2
73.
Perfect cube
74.
Maximal value
75.
Remainder of a division
76.
Random on the number line
77.
Five integers
78.
Three integers
79.
Three dice rolled
80.
Three random numbers on [0,n]
81.
Twiddle with some numbers
82.
Powers of 2 and 3
83.
Integers to 2001
84.
Integers sum to 15
85.
Funny square root
86.
Integers a, b, c, and d
87.
49 integers
88.
Counting to 2003
89.
Factors of 60
90.
Numbers and their reciprocals
91.
Juggler sequence
92.
F.O.I.L. big time
93.
Fractional part of 1/x
94.
LCM and GCD
95.
Reduce a fraction to lowest terms
96.
Palindromic Squares
97.
Three digit numbers
98.
Has 7 as a digit
99.
Get a digit
100.
Reverse a number
101.
Goldbach Conjecture
102.
Twin primes
103.
Breaking a stick
104.
Find some Emirps