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Pythagoras' theorem. Making and proving conjectures. Generalising. Plane shapes and their properties. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Area. Regular polygons and circles. Manipulating algebraic expressions/formulae. Scale factors. Calculus generally.There are 10 results
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Growing Rectangles
Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
Matter of Scale
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Prove Pythagoras' Theorem using enlargements and scale factors.
Who Is the Fairest of Them All ?
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Explore the effect of combining enlargements.
Fit for Photocopying
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.
Conical Bottle
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
A right circular cone is filled with liquid to a depth of half its vertical height. The cone is inverted. How high up the vertical height of the cone will the liquid rise?
The Rescaled Map
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
We use statistics to give ourselves an informed view on a subject of interest. This problem explores how to scale countries on a map to represent characteristics other than land area.
Fill Me up Too
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?
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?
Arrh!
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Triangle ABC is equilateral. D, the midpoint of BC, is the centre of the semi-circle whose radius is R which touches AB and AC, as well as a smaller circle with radius r which also touches AB and AC. . . .
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.