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Construction

Folded A4
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Folded a4

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What shapes can be made by folding an A4 sheet of paper only once?
Either Side
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Either side

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A disc with a pencil inside it is rolled around the outside and inside of a wire equilateral triangle. What shape is drawn by the pencil?
Pink and White
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Pink and white

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The white square slides once around the pink square. Through what distance does the point P on the white square move?
Defined Distances
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Defined distances

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Mark writes four points on a line at different lengths. What is the distance between the two points furthest apart?
Contact Circles
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Contact circles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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These four touching circles have another circle hiding amongst them...
Constructing Triangles
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Favourite

Constructing triangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Generate three random numbers to determine the side lengths of a triangle. What triangles can you draw?
Snail's Pace
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Snail's pace

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A snail is at the corner of a cube. What proportion of the cube's surface can the snail reach within an hour?
Triangular Wheel
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Triangular wheel

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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An equilateral triangle is rolled along a line. What is the length of the path traced out by one of its vertices?
3-sided
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3-sided

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How many triangles can Jack draw with two sides of lengths $6$cm and $8$cm and an area of $7$cm$^2$?
The Farmers' Field Boundary
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The farmers' field boundary

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?