Year 7 Being curious

  • Squares in rectangles
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    Squares in rectangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?

  • Litov's Mean Value Theorem
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    Litov's mean value theorem

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...

  • Searching for mean(ing)
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    Searching for mean(ing)

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights, how many of each would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg?