Conjecturing and generalising

  • Enclosing Squares
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    Enclosing Squares

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Can you find sets of sloping lines that enclose a square?
  • AMGM
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    AMGM

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Can you use the diagram to prove the AM-GM inequality?

  • Square pizza
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    Square Pizza

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Can you show that you can share a square pizza equally between two people by cutting it four times using vertical, horizontal and diagonal cuts through any point inside the square?
  • Semi-Square
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    Semi-square

    Age
    14 to 16
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    What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?
  • In a Spin
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    In a Spin

    Age
    14 to 16
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    What is the volume of the solid formed by rotating this right angled triangle about the hypotenuse?
  • Three times Seven
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    Three Times Seven

    Age
    11 to 14
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    A three digit number abc is always divisible by 7 when 2a+3b+c is divisible by 7. Why?
  • Cyclic Triangles
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    Cyclic Triangles

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Make and prove a conjecture about the cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in a circle of radius r that has the maximum perimeter and the maximum area.
  • Cubes within Cubes revisited
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    Cubes Within Cubes Revisited

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
  • Cunning Card Trick
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    Cunning Card Trick

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Delight your friends with this cunning trick! Can you explain how it works?