Visualising and representing

  • Icosian Game
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    Icosian Game

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.

  • Coloured Edges
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    Coloured Edges

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The whole set of tiles is used to make a square. This has a green and blue border. There are no green or blue tiles anywhere in the square except on this border. How many tiles are there in the set?
  • Folded A4
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    Folded A4

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What shapes can be made by folding an A4 sheet of paper only once?

  • Bishop's Paradise
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    Bishop's Paradise

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 37 - 2013
    Which of the statements about diagonals of polygons is false?

  • Concrete wheel
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    Concrete Wheel

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A huge wheel is rolling past your window. What do you see?

  • Daniel's Star
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    Daniel's Star

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A solid 'star' shape is created. How many faces does it have?

  • ACE, TWO, THREE...
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    Ace, Two, Three...

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you picture how to order the cards to reproduce Charlie's card trick for yourself?

  • Potatoes
    problem

    Potatoes

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 19 - 2009
    When I looked at the greengrocer's window I saw a sign. When I went in and looked from the other side, what did I see?

  • Island Hopping
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    Island Hopping

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What is the smallest number of ferry trips that Neda needs to take to visit all four islands and return to the mainland?

  • Printing Error
    problem

    Printing Error

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Every third page number in this book has been omitted. Can you work out what number will be on the last page?