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Prove Pythagoras Theorem using enlargements and scale factors.
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?
To avoid losing think of another very well known game where the patterns of play are similar.
Find the vertices of a pentagon given the midpoints of its sides.
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. . . .
Can you discover whether this is a fair game?
This is an interactivity in which you have to sort the steps in the completion of the square into the correct order to prove the formula for the solutions of quadratic equations.
The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
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.
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to explore number in this exciting game!
Use Excel to investigate the effect of translations around a number grid.
A group of interactive resources to support work on percentages Key Stage 4.
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
A collection of resources to support work on Factors and Multiples at Secondary level.
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?
Can you give the coordinates of the vertices of the fifth point in the patterm on this 3D grid?
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 explore multiplication of fractions.
Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?
Discover a handy way to describe reorderings and solve our anagram in the process.
A simple file for the Interactive whiteboard or PC screen, demonstrating equivalent fractions.
The interactive diagram has two labelled points, A and B. It is designed to be used with the problem "Cushion Ball"
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The winner is the player to take the last counter.
An environment that enables you to investigate tessellations of regular polygons
This resource contains a range of problems and interactivities on the theme of coordinates in two and three dimensions.
Help the bee to build a stack of blocks far enough to save his friend trapped in the tower.
A metal puzzle which led to some mathematical questions.
This set of resources for teachers offers interactive environments to support work on loci at Key Stage 4.
A point P is selected anywhere inside an equilateral triangle. What can you say about the sum of the perpendicular distances from P to the sides of the triangle? Can you prove your conjecture?
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.
This resource contains interactive problems to support work on number sequences at Key Stage 4.
How good are you at finding the formula for a number pattern ?
A tool for generating random integers.
An environment that simulates a protractor carrying a right- angled triangle of unit hypotenuse.
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
Use an Excel spreadsheet to explore long multiplication.
The classic vector racing game brought to a screen near you.
Use Excel to practise adding and subtracting fractions.
Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to investigate factors and multiples.
Can you beat the computer in the challenging strategy game?
Use an Excel to investigate division. Explore the relationships between the process elements using an interactive spreadsheet.
An Excel spreadsheet with an investigation.
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. . . .
A collection of our favourite pictorial problems, one for each day of Advent.
Match the cards of the same value.
A game for 2 players. Can be played online. One player has 1 red counter, the other has 4 blue. The red counter needs to reach the other side, and the blue needs to trap the red.
Do you know how to find the area of a triangle? You can count the squares. What happens if we turn the triangle on end? Press the button and see. Try counting the number of units in the triangle now. . . .
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.