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The Lady or the Lions
Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
The King showed the Princess a map of the maze and the Princess was allowed to decide which room she would wait in. She was not allowed to send a copy to her lover who would have to guess which path. . . .
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.
Fixing the Odds
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two. . . .
Investigating Epidemics
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Scratch Cards
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
To win on a scratch card you have to uncover three numbers that add up to more than fifteen. What is the probability of winning a prize?
Slippage
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
A ladder 3m long rests against a wall with one end a short distance from its base. Between the wall and the base of a ladder is a garden storage box 1m tall and 1m high. What is the maximum distance. . . .
Twenty20
Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Fancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows.
Spot the Card
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
It is possible to identify a particular card out of a pack of 15 with the use of some mathematical reasoning. What is this reasoning and can it be applied to other numbers of cards?
The Legacy
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Your school has been left a million pounds in the will of an ex- pupil. What model of investment and spending would you use in order to ensure the best return on the money?
Shaping the Universe III - to Infinity and Beyond
Stage: 3 and 4
The third installment in our series on the shape of astronomical systems, this article explores galaxies and the universe beyond our solar system.
Logic, Truth Tables and Switching Circuits
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
Learn about the link between logical arguments and electronic circuits. Investigate the logical connectives by making and testing your own circuits and record your findings in truth tables.
Chocolate 2010
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to eat chocolate. Multiply this number by 2...
Elastic Maths
Stage: 4 and 5
How do you write a computer program that creates the illusion of stretching elastic bands between pegs of a Geoboard? The answer contains some surprising mathematics.
In Constantly Passing
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
A car is travelling along a dual carriageway at constant speed. Every 3 minutes a bus passes going in the opposite direction, while every 6 minutes a bus passes the car travelling in the same. . . .
Designing Table Mats
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat.
Logic, Truth Tables and Switching Circuits Challenge
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
Learn about the link between logical arguments and electronic circuits. Investigate the logical connectives by making and testing your own circuits and fill in the blanks in truth tables to record. . . .
Shaping the Universe II - the Solar System
Stage: 3 and 4
The second in a series of articles on visualising and modelling shapes in the history of astronomy.
Concrete Calculation
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
The builders have dug a hole in the ground to be filled with concrete for the foundations of our garage. How many cubic metres of ready-mix concrete should the builders order to fill this hole to. . . .
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?
Circuit Training
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Mike and Monisha meet at the race track, which is 400m round. Just to make a point, Mike runs anticlockwise whilst Monisha runs clockwise. Where will they meet on their way around and will they ever. . . .
What's a Knot?
Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
A brief video explaining the idea of a mathematical knot.
Drawing Doodles and Naming Knots
Stage: 2, 3, 4 and 5
This article for students introduces the idea of naming knots using numbers. You'll need some paper and something to write with handy!
Truth Tables and Electronic Circuits
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
Investigate circuits and record your findings in this simple introduction to truth tables and logic.
Stemnrich - the Physical World
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics
Shaping the Universe I - Planet Earth
Stage: 3 and 4
This article explores ths history of theories about the shape of our planet. It is the first in a series of articles looking at the significance of geometric shapes in the history of astronomy.
Where to Land
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Chris is enjoying a swim but needs to get back for lunch. If she can swim at 3 m/s and run at 7m/sec, how far along the bank should she land in order to get back as quickly as possible?
Rocking Chairs, Railway Games and Rayboxes
Stage: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
In this article for teachers, Alan Parr looks at ways that mathematics teaching and learning can start from the useful and interesting things can we do with the subject, including. . . .
Escalator
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
At Holborn underground station there is a very long escalator. Two people are in a hurry and so climb the escalator as it is moving upwards, thus adding their speed to that of the moving steps. . . .
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. . . .
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. . . .
Troublesome Triangles
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
Many natural systems appear to be in equilibrium until suddenly a critical point is reached, setting up a mudslide or an avalanche or an earthquake. In this project, students will use a simple. . . .
Triathlon and Fitness
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories?
Physnrich
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics
Bus Stop
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Two buses leave at the same time from two towns Shipton and Veston on the same long road, travelling towards each other. At each mile along the road are milestones. The buses' speeds are constant. . . .
Buses
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
A bus route has a total duration of 40 minutes. Every 10 minutes, two buses set out, one from each end. How many buses will one bus meet on its way from one end to the other end?
Lap Times
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Two cyclists, practising on a track, pass each other at the starting line and go at constant speeds... Can you find lap times that are such that the cyclists will meet exactly half way round the. . . .
On Time
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
On a clock the three hands - the second, minute and hour hands - are on the same axis. How often in a 24 hour day will the second hand be parallel to either of the two other hands?
Christmas Trees
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Christmas trees are planted in a rectangular array of 10 rows and 12 columns. The farmer chooses the shortest tree in each of the columns... the tallest tree from each of the rows ... Which is. . . .
Hands Together
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Sometime during every hour the minute hand lies directly above the hour hand. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock does this happen?
Straw Scaffold
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Build a scaffold out of drinking-straws to support a cup of water
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.
Celtic Knotwork Patterns
Stage: 2 and 3
This article for pupils gives an introduction to Celtic knotwork patterns and a feel for how you can draw them.
Plaiting and Braiding
Stage: 2 and 3
This article for students gives some instructions about how to make some different braids.
Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 4. from Strategy Games
Stage: 1, 2 and 3
Basic strategy games are particularly suitable as starting points for investigations. Players instinctively try to discover a winning strategy, and usually the best way to do this is to analyse. . . .
Covering Cups
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
What is the shape and dimensions of a box that will contain six cups and have as small a surface area as possible.
Flight of the Flibbins
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Blue Flibbins are so jealous of their red partners that they will not leave them on their own with any other bue Flibbin. What is the quickest way of getting the five pairs of Flibbins safely to. . . .
Master Minding
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Your partner chooses two beads and places them side by side behind a screen. What is the minimum number of guesses you would need to be sure of guessing the two beads and their positions?
Tree Tops
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
A manager of a forestry company has to decide which trees to plant. What strategy for planting and felling would you recommend to the manager in order to maximise the profit?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.