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There are 18 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being resilient, you may find related items under Mathematical mindsets.
Broad Topics > Mathematical mindsets > Being resilientConstruct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?
Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?
Can you make sense of the three methods to work out what fraction of the total area is shaded?
Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?
Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?
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?
Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?
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?
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?
Using the digits 1 to 9, the number 4396 can be written as the product of two numbers. Can you find the factors?
Can you create a Latin Square from multiples of a six digit number?
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Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
Can you find a strategy that ensures you get to take the last biscuit in this game?