Conjecturing and generalising

  • Hidden Rectangles
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    Hidden Rectangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Rectangles are considered different if they vary in size or have different locations. How many different rectangles can be drawn on a chessboard?
  • Generally Geometric
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    Generally Geometric

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Generalise the sum of a GP by using derivatives to make the coefficients into powers of the natural numbers.
  • Can it be?
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    Can It Be?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    When if ever do you get the right answer if you add two fractions by adding the numerators and adding the denominators?
  • Maximum Scattering
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    Maximum Scattering

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Your data is a set of positive numbers. What is the maximum value that the standard deviation can take?
  • Integral Sandwich
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    Integral Sandwich

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Generalise this inequality involving integrals.
  • Move a Match
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    Move a Match

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How can you arrange these 10 matches in four piles so that when you move one match from three of the piles into the fourth, you end up with the same arrangement?
  • Sums of Pairs
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    Sums of Pairs

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jo has three numbers which she adds together in pairs. When she does this she has three different totals: 11, 17 and 22 What are the three numbers Jo had to start with?”
  • Last-but-one
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    Last-but-one

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is the last-but-one digit of 99! ?
  • Regular Hexagon Loops
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    Regular Hexagon Loops

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Make some loops out of regular hexagons. What rules can you discover?
  • Producing an Integer
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    Producing an Integer

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Multiply a sequence of n terms together. Can you work out when this product is equal to an integer?