Visualising and representing

  • Counting Triangles
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    Counting Triangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Triangles are formed by joining the vertices of a skeletal cube. How many different types of triangle are there? How many triangles altogether?
  • Christmas Boxes
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    Christmas Boxes

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Find all the ways to cut out a 'net' of six squares that can be folded into a cube.
  • Threesomes
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    Threesomes

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine an infinitely large sheet of square dotty paper on which you can draw triangles of any size you wish (providing each vertex is on a dot). What areas is it/is it not possible to draw?
  • Taking Steps
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    Taking Steps

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In each of the pictures the invitation is for you to: Count what you see. Identify how you think the pattern would continue.
  • Squares, Squares and More Squares
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    Squares, Squares and More Squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you dissect a square into: 4, 7, 10, 13... other squares? 6, 9, 12, 15... other squares? 8, 11, 14... other squares?
  • Dotty triangles
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    Dotty Triangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine an infinitely large sheet of square dotty paper on which you can draw triangles of any size you wish (providing each vertex is on a dot). What areas is it/is it not possible to draw?
  • 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?
  • Triangles within Triangles
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    Triangles Within Triangles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?