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### In Between

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

Can you find the solution to this algebraic inequality?

### Cube Roots

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Evaluate without a calculator: (5 sqrt2 + 7)^{1/3} - (5 sqrt2 - 7)^1/3}.

### Absurdity Again

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What is the value of the integers a and b where sqrt(8-4sqrt3) = sqrt a - sqrt b?

### Plus or Minus

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Make and prove a conjecture about the value of the product of the Fibonacci numbers $F_{n+1}F_{n-1}$.

### Irrational Arithmagons

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Can you work out the irrational numbers that belong in the circles to make the multiplication arithmagon correct?

### Golden Eggs

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

Find a connection between the shape of a special ellipse and an infinite string of nested square roots.

### Bina-ring

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Investigate powers of numbers of the form (1 + sqrt 2).

### Golden Construction

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

Draw a square and an arc of a circle and construct the Golden rectangle. Find the value of the Golden Ratio.

### The Root of the Problem

##### Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:

Find the sum of the series.

### Ab Surd Ity

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

Find the value of sqrt(2+sqrt3)-sqrt(2-sqrt3)and then of cuberoot(2+sqrt5)+cuberoot(2-sqrt5).

### Surds

##### Stage: 4 Challenge Level:

Find the exact values of x, y and a satisfying the following system of equations: 1/(a+1) = a - 1 x + y = 2a x = ay

### Fit for Photocopying

##### Stage: 4 Challenge Level:

Photocopiers can reduce from A3 to A4 without distorting the image. Explore the relationships between different paper sizes that make this possible.

### Pythagorean Fibs

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What have Fibonacci numbers got to do with Pythagorean triples?

### Fibonacci Fashion

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

What have Fibonacci numbers to do with solutions of the quadratic equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 ?

### Impossible Square?

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Can you make a square from these triangles?

### Golden Mathematics

##### Stage: 5

A voyage of discovery through a sequence of challenges exploring properties of the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci numbers.

### Baby Circle

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A small circle fits between two touching circles so that all three circles touch each other and have a common tangent? What is the exact radius of the smallest circle?

### Pentabuild

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

Explain how to construct a regular pentagon accurately using a straight edge and compass.

### Strange Rectangle 2

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Find the exact values of some trig. ratios from this rectangle in which a cyclic quadrilateral cuts off four right angled triangles.