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Consider a watch face which has identical hands and identical marks for the hours. It is opposite to a mirror. When is the time as read direct and in the mirror exactly the same between 6 and 7?

Eight Dominoes

Using the 8 dominoes make a square where each of the columns and rows adds up to 8

Holly

The ten arcs forming the edges of the "holly leaf" are all arcs of circles of radius 1 cm. Find the length of the perimeter of the holly leaf and the area of its surface.

A Roll of Patterned Paper

Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:

Draw different simple blocks and just rotate them to see what happens.

Make adjustments until you get 'no-change' at rotation.

Similarly with reflection : just start with anything ('simple' will help) and adjust.


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