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Mathematical reasoning & proof. Interactivities. Angle properties of polygons. Visualising. Generalising. Pythagoras' theorem. Angles - points, lines and parallel lines. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. GeoGebra. Similarity and congruence.There are 131 results
Broad Topics > Algebraic expressions, equations and formulae > Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae
Pythagoras Proofs
Age 14 to 16
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Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?
A Tilted Square
Age 14 to 16
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The opposite vertices of a square have coordinates (a,b) and (c,d). What are the coordinates of the other vertices?
Marbles in a Box
Age 11 to 16
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How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?
Semi-square
Age 14 to 16
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What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?
Sitting Pretty
Age 14 to 16
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A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?
Triangles Within Pentagons
Age 14 to 16
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Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
Triangles Within Triangles
Age 14 to 16
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Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
Salinon
Age 14 to 16
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This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?
More Number Pyramids
Age 11 to 14
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When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Number Pyramids
Age 11 to 14
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Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
Nicely Similar
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
If the hypotenuse (base) length is 100cm and if an extra line splits the base into 36cm and 64cm parts, what were the side lengths for the original right-angled triangle?
Partitioning Revisited
Age 11 to 14
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We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Square Pizza
Age 14 to 16
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Can you show that you can share a square pizza equally between two people by cutting it four times using vertical, horizontal and diagonal cuts through any point inside the square?
Attractive Tablecloths
Age 14 to 16
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Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?
Cubes Within Cubes Revisited
Age 11 to 14
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Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
Areas of Parallelograms
Age 14 to 16
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Can you find the area of a parallelogram defined by two vectors?
How Big?
Age 11 to 14
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If the sides of the triangle in the diagram are 3, 4 and 5, what is the area of the shaded square?
The Pillar of Chios
Age 14 to 16
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Semicircles are drawn on the sides of a rectangle. Prove that the sum of the areas of the four crescents is equal to the area of the rectangle.
One and Three
Age 14 to 16
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Two motorboats travelling up and down a lake at constant speeds leave opposite ends A and B at the same instant, passing each other, for the first time 600 metres from A, and on their return, 400. . . .
Magic W
Age 14 to 16
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Find all the ways of placing the numbers 1 to 9 on a W shape, with 3 numbers on each leg, so that each set of 3 numbers has the same total.
Pick's Theorem
Age 14 to 16
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Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.
The Medieval Octagon
Age 14 to 16
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Medieval stonemasons used a method to construct octagons using ruler and compasses... Is the octagon regular? Proof please.
Multiplication Square
Age 14 to 16
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Pick a square within a multiplication square and add the numbers on each diagonal. What do you notice?
Terminology
Age 14 to 16
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Given an equilateral triangle inside an isosceles triangle, can you find a relationship between the angles?
Mediant Madness
Age 14 to 16
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Kyle and his teacher disagree about his test score - who is right?
Lens Angle
Age 14 to 16
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Find the missing angle between the two secants to the circle when the two angles at the centre subtended by the arcs created by the intersections of the secants and the circle are 50 and 120 degrees.
Christmas Chocolates
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there are in different sized boxes?
Generating Triples
Age 14 to 16
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Sets of integers like 3, 4, 5 are called Pythagorean Triples, because they could be the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. Can you find any more?
Pareq Calc
Age 14 to 16
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Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle with three parallel lines going through the vertices. Calculate the length of the sides of the triangle if the perpendicular distances between the parallel. . . .
Partly Painted Cube
Age 14 to 16
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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?
Pinned Squares
Age 14 to 16
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What is the total number of squares that can be made on a 5 by 5 geoboard?
Mindreader
Age 11 to 14
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A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
Training Schedule
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
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?
Interactive Number Patterns
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
How good are you at finding the formula for a number pattern ?
Around and Back
Age 14 to 16
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A cyclist and a runner start off simultaneously around a race track each going at a constant speed. The cyclist goes all the way around and then catches up with the runner. He then instantly turns. . . .
Steel Cables
Age 14 to 16
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Some students have been working out the number of strands needed for different sizes of cable. Can you make sense of their solutions?
Seven Squares
Age 11 to 14
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Watch these videos to see how Phoebe, Alice and Luke chose to draw 7 squares. How would they draw 100?
Puzzling Place Value
Age 14 to 16
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Can you explain what is going on in these puzzling number tricks?
Hand Swap
Age 14 to 16
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My train left London between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and arrived in Paris between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. At the start and end of the journey the hands on my watch were in exactly the same positions but the. . . .
Difference of Two Squares
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
What is special about the difference between squares of numbers adjacent to multiples of three?
Robert's Spreadsheet
Age 14 to 16
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Robert noticed some interesting patterns when he highlighted square numbers in a spreadsheet. Can you prove that the patterns will continue?
Square Number Surprises
Age 14 to 16
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There are unexpected discoveries to be made about square numbers...
Algebra from Geometry
Age 11 to 16
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Account of an investigation which starts from the area of an annulus and leads to the formula for the difference of two squares.
Lower Bound
Age 14 to 16
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What would you get if you continued this sequence of fraction sums? 1/2 + 2/1 = 2/3 + 3/2 = 3/4 + 4/3 =
Quadratic Patterns
Age 11 to 14
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Surprising numerical patterns can be explained using algebra and diagrams...
Special Sums and Products
Age 11 to 14
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Find some examples of pairs of numbers such that their sum is a factor of their product. eg. 4 + 12 = 16 and 4 × 12 = 48 and 16 is a factor of 48.
Three Four Five
Age 14 to 16
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Two semi-circles (each of radius 1/2) touch each other, and a semi-circle of radius 1 touches both of them. Find the radius of the circle which touches all three semi-circles.
Screen Shot
Age 14 to 16
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A moveable screen slides along a mirrored corridor towards a centrally placed light source. A ray of light from that source is directed towards a wall of the corridor, which it strikes at 45 degrees. . . .
Pair Products
Age 14 to 16
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Choose four consecutive whole numbers. Multiply the first and last numbers together. Multiply the middle pair together. What do you notice?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.