Show that for any triangle it is always possible to construct 3
touching circles with centres at the vertices. Is it possible to
construct touching circles centred at the vertices of any polygon?
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The loser is the player who takes the last counter.
Investigate sequences given by $a_n = \frac{1+a_{n-1}}{a_{n-2}}$
for different choices of the first two terms. Make a conjecture
about the behaviour of these sequences. Can you prove your
conjecture?
In a Spin
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level
What is the volume of the solid formed by rotating this right
angled triangle about the hypotenuse?
Can you generalise this for any right angled triangle with sides
of length $a$, $b$ and $c$, where $b$ is the hypotenuse?