Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
In the four examples below identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?
Generalising. Visualising. Area. Calculating with fractions. Creating expressions/formulae. smartphone. Short problems. Pythagoras' theorem. Fractions. Circles.
Published November 2001.
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