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Infinite Continued Fractions

Stage: 5

In this article we are going to look at infinite continued fractions - continued fractions that do not terminate.

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Continued Fractions I

Stage: 4 and 5

An article introducing continued fractions with some simple puzzles for the reader.

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Continued Fractions II

Stage: 5

In this article we show that every whole number can be written as a continued fraction of the form k/[1+k/[1+k/etc.]].

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Sums and Products of Digits and SP Numbers

Stage: 5

This article explores the search for SP numbers, finding the few that exist and the proof that there are no more.

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Ruler

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

The interval 0 - 1 is marked into halves, quarters, eighths ... etc. Vertical lines are drawn at these points, heights depending on positions. What happens as this process goes on indefinitely?

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Archimedes and Numerical Roots

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

The problem is how did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots?

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Climbing Powers

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

2^3^4 could be (2^3)^4 or 2^(3^4). Does it make any difference? For both definitions, which is bigger r^r^r^r... where the powers of r go on for ever, or (r^r)^r, where r is the square root of 2?

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Try to Win

Stage: 5

Solve this famous unsolved problem and win a prize. Take a positive integer N. If even, divide by 2; if odd, multiply by 3 and add 1. Iterate. Prove that the sequence always goes to 4,2,1,4,2,1...

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Squareness

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

The family of graphs of x^n + y^n =1 (for even n) includes the circle. Why do the graphs look more and more square as n increases?

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Approximating Pi

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

By inscribing a circle in a square and then a square in a circle find an approximation to pi. By using a hexagon, can you improve on the approximation?

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Slide

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

This function involves absolute values. To find the slope on the slide use different equations to define the function in different parts of its domain.

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Little and Large

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

A point moves around inside a rectangle. What are the least and the greatest values of the sum of the squares of the distances from the vertices?

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Small Steps

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Two problems about infinite processes where smaller and smaller steps are taken and you have to discover what happens in the limit.

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Size of Functions for Large Values

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Compares the size of functions f(n) for large values of n