Being Resilient - Geometry

Nine Colours

Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level

Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?

Triangles to Tetrahedra

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?

Estimating Angles

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level

How good are you at estimating angles?

Reflecting Squarely

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?

Cuboids

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

Can you find a cuboid that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you find them all?

Same Length

Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level

Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?

Isosceles Triangles

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

Kite in a Square

Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level

Can you make sense of the three methods to work out what fraction of the total area is shaded?