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Find the vertices of a pentagon given the midpoints of its sides.
Match pairs of cards so that they have equivalent ratios.
Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
The interactive diagram has two labelled points, A and B. It is designed to be used with the problem "Cushion Ball"
An environment that enables you to investigate tessellations of regular polygons
This resource contains interactive problems to support work on number sequences at Key Stage 4.
Discover a handy way to describe reorderings and solve our anagram in the process.
Which exact dilution ratios can you make using only 2 dilutions?
Practise your skills of proportional reasoning with this interactive haemocytometer.
A collection of resources to support work on Factors and Multiples at Secondary level.
A group of interactive resources to support work on percentages Key Stage 4.
Help the bee to build a stack of blocks far enough to save his friend trapped in the tower.
Use the computer to model an epidemic. Try out public health policies to control the spread of the epidemic, to minimise the number of sick days and deaths.
Show that for any triangle it is always possible to construct 3 touching circles with centres at the vertices. Is it possible to construct touching circles centred at the vertices of any polygon?
Meg and Mo still need to hang their marbles so that they balance, but this time the constraints are different. Use the interactivity to experiment and find out what they need to do.
On the 3D grid a strange (and deadly) animal is lurking. Using the tracking system can you locate this creature as quickly as possible?
Can you beat the computer in the challenging strategy game?
Match the cards of the same value.
To avoid losing think of another very well known game where the patterns of play are similar.
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Place a red counter in the top left corner of a 4x4 array, which is covered by 14 other smaller counters, leaving a gap in the bottom right hand corner (HOME). What is the smallest number of moves. . . .
This set of resources for teachers offers interactive environments to support work on loci at Key Stage 4.
A metal puzzle which led to some mathematical questions.
How good are you at finding the formula for a number pattern ?
Can you give the coordinates of the vertices of the fifth point in the patterm on this 3D grid?
Meg and Mo need to hang their marbles so that they balance. Use the interactivity to experiment and find out what they need to do.
Use Excel to explore multiplication of fractions.
There are 27 small cubes in a 3 x 3 x 3 cube, 54 faces being visible at any one time. Is it possible to reorganise these cubes so that by dipping the large cube into a pot of paint three times you. . . .
Use Excel to investigate the effect of translations around a number grid.
This resource contains a range of problems and interactivities on the theme of coordinates in two and three dimensions.
A tool for generating random integers.
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to explore number in this exciting game!
A collection of our favourite pictorial problems, one for each day of Advent.
A java applet that takes you through the steps needed to solve a Diophantine equation of the form Px+Qy=1 using Euclid's algorithm.
An Excel spreadsheet with an investigation.
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
Use this animation to experiment with lotteries. Choose how many balls to match, how many are in the carousel, and how many draws to make at once.
How many different triangles can you make which consist of the centre point and two of the points on the edge? Can you work out each of their angles?
Use an Excel to investigate division. Explore the relationships between the process elements using an interactive spreadsheet.
A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at. . . .
Mo has left, but Meg is still experimenting. Use the interactivity to help you find out how she can alter her pouch of marbles and still keep the two pouches balanced.
The classic vector racing game brought to a screen near you.
Use Excel to practise adding and subtracting fractions.
An environment that simulates a protractor carrying a right- angled triangle of unit hypotenuse.
A simple file for the Interactive whiteboard or PC screen, demonstrating equivalent fractions.
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to investigate factors and multiples.
Use an Excel spreadsheet to explore long multiplication.
Triangle ABC has equilateral triangles drawn on its edges. Points P, Q and R are the centres of the equilateral triangles. What can you prove about the triangle PQR?
A right-angled isosceles triangle is rotated about the centre point of a square. What can you say about the area of the part of the square covered by the triangle as it rotates?