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Magic Vs Poster

Poster based on Magic Vs task.

Age

7 to 11

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Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving

Being curious Being resourceful Being resilient Being collaborative

Problem

This poster is based on the problem Magic Vs.

The poster is available as a PDF, or the image below can be clicked on to enlarge it.

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Student Solutions

There are three possible Vs: one with the 1 at the bottom; one with a 3 at the bottom and one with a 5 at the bottom.

You may have found more solutions, depending on what you decided was meant by a 'different' solution.

To see more detailed children's solutions to this task, have a look here.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.