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This black box reveals random values of some important, but unusual, mathematical functions. Can you deduce the purpose of the black box?
A country has decided to have just two different coins, 3z and 5z coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?
Imagine you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights. How many of each weight would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg? What other averages could you have?
This article explores the process of making and testing hypotheses.
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
Charlie and Lynne put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: x2 and -5. What do you think?
A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.
Many natural systems appear to be in equilibrium until suddenly a critical point is reached, setting up a mudslide or an avalanche or an earthquake. In this project, students will use a simple. . . .
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
95% of people in Britain should live within 10 miles of the route of the Olympic Torch tour. Is this true?
This problem explores the shapes and symmetries in some national flags.
A introduction to how patterns can be deceiving, and what is and is not a proof.
Choose 13 spots on the grid. Can you work out the scoring system? What is the maximum possible score?
The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
We're excited about this new program for drawing beautiful mathematical designs. Can you work out how we made our first few pictures and, even better, share your most elegant solutions with us?
In this investigation we are going to count the number of 1s, 2s, 3s etc in numbers. Can you predict what will happen?
This interactivity allows you to sort letters of the alphabet into two groups according to different properties.
This interactivity allows you to sort logic blocks by dragging their images.
Step back and reflect! This article reviews techniques such as substitution and change of coordinates which enable us to exploit underlying structures to crack problems.
Work out how to light up the single light. What's the rule?
Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?
Each light in this interactivity turns on according to a rule. What happens when you enter different numbers? Can you find the smallest number that lights up all four lights?
Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?
What is the largest number of circles we can fit into the frame without them overlapping? How do you know? What will happen if you try the other shapes?
Imagine a machine with four coloured lights which respond to different rules. Can you find the smallest possible number which will make all four colours light up?
Two video clips of classes organised into groups to work on Counting Cogs.
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?
Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. Can you find all the numbers in each set from these clues?
I am thinking of three sets of numbers less than 101. They are the red set, the green set and the blue set. Can you find all the numbers in the sets from these clues?
Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.
Use the sightings of the lion to guess the location of its lair.
When does a pattern start to exhibit structure? Can you crack the code used by the computer?
What do you think is the same about these two Logic Blocks? What others do you think go with them in the set?
In this problem, we're going to find sets of letter shapes that go together.
Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?
Can you decode the mysterious markings on this ancient bone tool?
Can you make a hypothesis to explain these ancient numbers?
Can you coach your rowing eight to win?
Follow the directions for circling numbers in the matrix. Add all the circled numbers together. Note your answer. Try again with a different starting number. What do you notice?
There are seven pots of plants in a greenhouse. They have lost their labels. Perhaps you can help re-label them.
Exploring and predicting folding, cutting and punching holes and making spirals.
"Tell me the next two numbers in each of these seven minor spells", chanted the Mathemagician, "And the great spell will crumble away!" Can you help Anna and David break the spell?
