Explaining, convincing and proving

  • Logical Cards
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    Logical Cards

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which of the cards provides the counter example?

  • Two Cubic Equations
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    Two Cubic Equations

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which statement correctly describes the real roots of the equation?

  • Fred's Maths Problems
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    Fred's Maths Problems

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    If the statement is not true, what can we say will be true?

  • Adding odd numbers (part 2)
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    Adding Odd Numbers (part 2)

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you use Proof by Induction to establish what will happen when you add more and more odd numbers?

  • Tetra Slice
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    Tetra Slice

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you prove that a quadrilateral drawn inside a tetrahedron is a parallelogram?

  • Be reasonable
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    Be Reasonable

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Prove that sqrt2, sqrt3 and sqrt5 cannot be terms of ANY arithmetic progression.

  • OK! Now prove it
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    Ok! Now Prove It

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Make a conjecture about the sum of the squares of the odd positive integers. Can you prove it?

  • Exhaustion
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    Exhaustion

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find the positive integer solutions of the equation (1+1/a)(1+1/b)(1+1/c) = 2

  • Binary Squares
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    Binary Squares

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    If a number N is expressed in binary by using only 'ones,' what can you say about its square (in binary)?

  • Basic Rhythms
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    Basic Rhythms

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Explore a number pattern which has the same symmetries in different bases.