Year 9 Being curious

  • A cardboard carton of cherries.
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    Fruity Totals

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    7 to 16
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    In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?

  • Xavi's T-shirt
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    Xavi's T-Shirt

    Age
    7 to 16
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    How much can you read into a T-shirt?

  • Days and Dates
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    Days and Dates

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...

  • Blue and White
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    Blue and White

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?

  • Largest product
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    Largest Product

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Which set of numbers that add to 100 have the largest product?

  • Special Numbers
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    Special Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
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    My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

  • Tilted Squares
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    Tilted Squares

    Age
    11 to 14
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    It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?

  • How far does it move?
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    How Far Does It Move?

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects the distance it travels at each stage.

  • Elevenses
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    Elevenses

    Age
    11 to 14
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    How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?

  • Legs Eleven
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    Legs Eleven

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?

  • 1 Step 2 Step
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    1 Step 2 Step

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?

  • Think of Two Numbers
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    Think of Two Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?

  • Sending a Parcel
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    Sending a Parcel

    Age
    11 to 14
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    What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?

  • Square coordinates
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    Square Coordinates

    Age
    11 to 14
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    A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?

  • Two's company
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    Two's Company

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Seven balls are shaken. You win if the two blue balls end up touching. What is the probability of winning?

  • Cosy corner
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    Cosy Corner

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Six balls are shaken. You win if at least one red ball ends in a corner. What is the probability of winning?

  • Speeding up, slowing down
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    Speeding Up, Slowing Down

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its speed at each stage.

  • Twisting and Turning
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    Twisting and Turning

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Take a look at the video and try to find a sequence of moves that will untangle the ropes.

  • Opposite vertices
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    Opposite Vertices

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Can you recreate squares and rhombuses if you are only given a side or a diagonal?

  • What numbers can we make now?
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    What Numbers Can We Make Now?

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

  • Reversals
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    Reversals

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?

  • How Many Miles To Go?
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    How Many Miles to Go?

    Age
    11 to 14
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    How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?

  • Up and across
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    Up and Across

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its vertical and horizontal movement at each stage.

  • Cola can
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    Cola Can

    Age
    11 to 14
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    An aluminium can contains 330 ml of cola. If the can's diameter is 6 cm what is the can's height?

  • Which solids can we make?
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    Which Solids Can We Make?

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?

  • What's it worth?
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    What's It Worth?

    Age
    11 to 16
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    There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

  • Semi-regular Tessellations
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    Semi-Regular Tessellations

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?

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    Marbles in a Box

    Age
    11 to 16
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    How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?

  • Wipeout
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    Wipeout

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?