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Turning the Place Over
Stage: 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level: 
As part of Liverpool08 European Capital of Culture there were a huge number of events and displays. One of the art installations was called "Turning the Place Over". Can you find our how it works?
More on Mazes
Stage: 2 and 3
There is a long tradition of creating mazes throughout history and across the world. This article gives details of mazes you can visit and those that you can tackle on paper.
Problem Solving, Using and Applying and Functional Mathematics
Stage: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
Problem solving is at the heart of the NRICH site. All the problems give learners opportunities to learn, develop or use mathematical concepts and skills. Read here for more information.
Straw Scaffold
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Build a scaffold out of drinking-straws to support a cup of water
There and Back Again
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Bilbo goes on an adventure, before arriving back home. Using the information given about his journey, can you work out where Bilbo lives?
Cool as Ice
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Design and construct a prototype intercooler which will satisfy agreed quality control constraints.
Decathlon: the Art of Scoring Points
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
May the Best Person Win
Stage: 1, 2, 3 and 4
How can people be divided into groups fairly for events in the Paralympics, for school sports days, or for subject sets?
Observing the Sun and the Moon
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
Make Your Own Pencil Case
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
What shape would fit your pens and pencils best? How can you make it?
Epidemic Modelling
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
Use the computer to model an epidemic. Try out public health policies to control the spread of the epidemic, to minimise the number of sick days and deaths.
A Method of Defining Coefficients in the Equations of Chemical Reactions
Stage: 4 and 5
A simple method of defining the coefficients in the equations of chemical reactions with the help of a system of linear algebraic equations.
A Brief History of Time Measurement
Stage: 2, 3, 4 and 5
Noticing the regular movement of the Sun and the stars has led to a desire to measure time. This article for teachers and learners looks at the history of man's need to measure things.
Mathematical Patchwork
Stage: 2 and 3
Jenny Murray describes the mathematical processes behind making patchwork in this article for students.
Tournament Scheduling
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
Scheduling games is a little more challenging than one might desire. Here are some tournament formats that sport schedulers use.
Parallel Parking
Stage: 4
Scientist Bryan Rickett has a vision of the future - and it is one in which self-parking cars prowl the tarmac plains, hunting down suitable parking spots and manoeuvring elegantly into them.
Gym Bag
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Can Jo make a gym bag for her trainers from the piece of fabric she has?
Performing Beyond Expectations - Using Sport to Motivate Students in Mathematics Lessons
Stage: 2, 3 and 4
In this article, Alan Parr shares his experiences of the motivating effect sport can have on the learning of mathematics.
Bionrich
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
bioNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of the biological sciences, designed to help develop the mathematics required to get the most from your. . . .
Where Am I?
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
From the information you are asked to work out where the picture was taken. Is there too much information? How accurate can your answer be?
Far Horizon
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
An observer is on top of a lighthouse. How far from the foot of the lighthouse is the horizon that the observer can see?
The Codabar Check
Stage: 3
This article explains how credit card numbers are defined and the check digit serves to verify their accuracy.
Roasting Old Chestnuts 4
Stage: 3 and 4
For teachers. Yet more school maths from long ago-interest and percentages.
Chemnrich
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
chemNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of chemistry, designed to help develop the mathematics required to get the most from your study. . . .
Fill Me Up
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?
Guessing the Graph
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?
Physnrich
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics
Olympic Records
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.