Exploring and noticing

  • There's always One isn't there
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    There's Always One Isn't There

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Take any pair of numbers, say 9 and 14. Take the larger number, fourteen, and count up in 14s. Then divide each of those values by the 9, and look at the remainders.

  • Guessing the graph
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    Guessing the Graph

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?
  • Can you traverse it?
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    Can You Traverse It?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How can you decide if a graph is traversable?

  • Flipping Twisty Matrices
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    Flipping Twisty Matrices

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the transformations of the plane given by the 2 by 2 matrices with entries taking all combinations of values 0, -1 and +1.

  • Road maker
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    Road Maker

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which of these roads will satisfy a Munchkin builder?

  • Where are you flying?
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    Where Are You Flying?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?

  • Curve Hunter
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    Curve Hunter

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This problem challenges you to sketch curves with different properties.

  • The Matrix
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    The Matrix

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Explore a new way of multiplying with matrices.