Visualising and representing

  • Travelling Salesman
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    Travelling Salesman

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A Hamiltonian circuit is a continuous path in a graph that passes through each of the vertices exactly once and returns to the start. How many Hamiltonian circuits can you find in these graphs?
  • Circuit training
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    Circuit Training

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Mike and Monisha meet at the race track, which is 400m round. Just to make a point, Mike runs anticlockwise whilst Monisha runs clockwise. Where will they meet on their way around and will they ever meet at the start again? If so, after how many circuits?
  • Classic cube
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    Classic Cube

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    The net of a cube is to be cut from a sheet of card 100 cm square. What is the maximum volume cube that can be made from a single piece of card?
  • Keep Your Distance
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    Keep Your Distance

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you mark 4 points on a flat surface so that there are only two different distances between them?
  • Jomista Mat
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    Jomista Mat

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Looking at the picture of this Jomista Mat, can you decribe what you see? Why not try and make one yourself?
  • Rearrange the Square
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    Rearrange the Square

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    We can cut a small triangle off the corner of a square and then fit the two pieces together. Can you work out how these shapes are made from the two pieces?
  • Like a Circle in a Spiral
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    Like a Circle in a Spiral

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A cheap and simple toy with lots of mathematics. Can you interpret the images that are produced? Can you predict the pattern that will be produced using different wheels?
  • There and back again
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    There and Back Again

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Bilbo goes on an adventure, before arriving back home. Using the information given about his journey, can you work out where Bilbo lives?
  • Clocking off
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    Clocking Off

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    I found these clocks in the Arts Centre at the University of Warwick intriguing - do they really need four clocks and what times would be ambiguous with only two or three of them?
  • Classical Means
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    Classical Means

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Use the diagram to investigate the classical Pythagorean means.