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Broad Topics > Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion > Fractal

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Sierpinski Triangle

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

What is the total area of the triangles remaining in the nth stage of constructing a Sierpinski Triangle? Work out the dimension of this fractal.

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Von Koch Curve

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Make a poster using equilateral triangles with sides 27, 9, 3 and 1 units assembled as stage 3 of the Von Koch fractal. Investigate areas & lengths when you repeat a process infinitely often.

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Where Art and Maths Combine

Stage: 3, 4 and 5

In this article, Rachel Melrose describes what happens when she mixed mathematics with art.

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Squareflake

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A finite area inside and infinite skin! You can paint the interior of this fractal with a small tin of paint but you could never get enough paint to paint the edge.

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How Many Elements Are There in the Cantor Set?

Stage: 4 and 5

This article gives a proof of the uncountability of the Cantor set.


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