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Working backwards, leaping forwards

In mathematics lessons, you might be given a question and asked to work out the answer, but these problems are a little bit different! To solve them, you'll need to think about the relationships between functions and operations and their inverses, and work backwards in order to leap forward!

 

missing multipliers
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Missing multipliers

Age
7 to 14
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What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?
Number Pyramids
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Number pyramids

Age
11 to 14
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Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?

More Number Pyramids
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More number pyramids

Age
11 to 14
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When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...

Finding factors
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Finding factors

Age
14 to 16
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Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?
Integration matcher
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Integration matcher

Age
16 to 18
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Can you match the charts of these functions to the charts of their integrals?
Function Pyramids
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Function pyramids

Age
16 to 18
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A function pyramid is a structure where each entry in the pyramid is determined by the two entries below it. Can you figure out how the pyramid is generated?

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What is the Question?

Age
5 to 11
The tasks in this feature are all about practising times tables, but with a difference...