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Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
Look at this image for a short while before turning away.
Can you:
- Recreate the image?
- Describe the image?
- Say some mathematical things about what you notice?
- Think of some mathematical questions you would like to ask about it?
You can download a PDF of the image to look at.
Click here for a poster of this problem.
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NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.