
Year 11+ Being resilient
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game
Last biscuit
Can you find a strategy that ensures you get to take the last biscuit in this game?
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problem
Vector walk
Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?
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Mega quadratic equations
What do you get when you raise a quadratic to the power of a quadratic?
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Back fitter
10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?
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problem
Kite in a square
Can you make sense of the three methods to work out what fraction of the total area is shaded?
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Snooker frames
It is believed that weaker snooker players have a better chance of winning matches over eleven frames (i.e. first to win 6 frames) than they do over fifteen frames. Is this true?
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Areas and ratios
Do you have enough information to work out the area of the shaded quadrilateral?
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Crazy cannons
Two cannons are fired at one another and the cannonballs collide... what can you deduce?
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Frosty the Snowman
Frosty the Snowman is melting. Can you use your knowledge of differential equations to find out how his volume changes as he shrinks?
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The Derren Brown coin flipping scam
Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.
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