This is part of our Secondary Curriculum collection of favourite rich tasks arranged by topic.
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
In 15 years' time my age will be the square of my age 15 years ago. Can you work out my age, and when I had other special birthdays?
How have "Warmsnug" arrived at the prices shown on their windows? Which window has been given an incorrect price?
When I park my car in Mathstown, there are two car parks to choose from. Can you help me to decide which one to use?
A mother wants to share some money by giving each child in turn a lump sum plus a fraction of the remainder. How can she do this to share the money out equally?
All CD Heaven stores were given the same number of a popular CD to sell for £24. In their two week sale each store reduces the price of the CD by 25% ... How many CDs did the store sell at each price?
Given an equilateral triangle inside an isosceles triangle, can you find a relationship between the angles?
Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.
There is a particular value of x, and a value of y to go with it, which make all five expressions equal in value. Can you find that x, y pair?
Which is bigger, n+10 or 2n+3? Can you find a good method of answering similar questions?
The heptathlon is an athletics competition consisting of 7 events. Can you make sense of the scoring system in order to advise a heptathlete on the best way to reach her target?
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?
What do you get when you raise a quadratic to the power of a quadratic?
Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?
You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.
