February 2003, Stage 4&5

Problems

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Excel Technique: LOOKUP Functions

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Learn how to use lookup functions to create exciting interactive Excel spreadsheets.

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Excel Interactive Resource: Equivalent Fraction Bars

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

A simple file for the Interactive whiteboard or PC screen, demonstrating equivalent fractions.

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Excel Investigation: Happy Numbers

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Take any whole number between 1 and 999, add the squares of the digits to get a new number. Use a spreadsheet to investigate this sequence.

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Marbles in a Box

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

In a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses, how many winning lines can you make?

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In a Spin

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

What is the volume of the solid formed by rotating this right angled triangle about the hypotenuse?

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Plum Tree

Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Label this plum tree graph to make it totally magic!

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Magic Caterpillars

Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Label the joints and legs of these graph theory caterpillars so that the vertex sums are all equal.

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Golden Powers

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

You add 1 to the golden ratio to get its square. How do you find higher powers?

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Folium of Descartes

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Investigate the family of graphs given by the equation x^3+y^3=3axy for different values of the constant a.

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