Quadratic equations

  • Building Up
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    A Third of the Area

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The area of the small square is $\frac13$ of the area of the large square. What is $\frac xy$?

  • Centre Square
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    Centre Square

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What does Pythagoras' Theorem tell you about the radius of these circles?

  • Pentakite
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    Pentakite

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Given a regular pentagon, can you find the distance between two non-adjacent vertices?

  • Xtra
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    Xtra

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find the sides of an equilateral triangle ABC where a trapezium BCPQ is drawn with BP=CQ=2 , PQ=1 and AP+AQ=sqrt7 . Note: there are 2 possible interpretations.

  • Proof Sorter - Quadratic Equation
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    Proof Sorter - Quadratic Equation

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This is an interactivity in which you have to sort the steps in the completion of the square into the correct order to prove the formula for the solutions of quadratic equations.

  • Pent
    problem

    Pent

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    The diagram shows a regular pentagon with sides of unit length. Find all the angles in the diagram. Prove that the quadrilateral shown in red is a rhombus.

  • How Many Balls?
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    How Many Balls?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A bag contains red and blue balls. You are told the probabilities of drawing certain combinations of balls. Find how many red and how many blue balls there are in the bag.

  • Halving the Triangle
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    Halving the Triangle

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Draw any triangle PQR. Find points A, B and C, one on each side of the triangle, such that the area of triangle ABC is a given fraction of the area of triangle PQR.

  • Golden Eggs
    problem

    Golden Eggs

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find a connection between the shape of a special ellipse and an infinite string of nested square roots.

  • Implicitly
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    Implicitly

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the maximum value of the curve defined by this expression?