Year 11 Working systematically

What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?

Here are two games you can play. Which offers the better chance of winning?

A visualisation problem in which you search for vectors which sum to zero from a jumble of arrows. Will your eyes be quicker than algebra?

Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?

Which of these games would you play to give yourself the best possible chance of winning a prize?

Chris is enjoying a swim but needs to get back for lunch. How far along the bank should she land?

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 ?

Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.

Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?

If everyone in your class picked a number from 1 to 225, do you think any two people would pick the same number?

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?

In this follow-up to the problem Odds and Evens, we invite you to analyse a probability situation in order to find the general solution for a fair game.

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?

Chris and Jo put two red and four blue ribbons in a box. They each pick a ribbon from the box without looking. Jo wins if the two ribbons are the same colour. Is the game fair?