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Diophantine equations. Quadratic equations. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Graphs. Quadratic functions. Making and proving conjectures. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Gradients. Expanding and factorising quadratics. Inequalities. Indices.There are 21 results
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Parabella
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
This is a beautiful result involving a parabola and parallels.
Mediant Madness
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Kyle and his teacher disagree about his test score - who is right?
Power Up
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Show without recourse to any calculating aid that 7^{1/2} + 7^{1/3} + 7^{1/4} < 7 and 4^{1/2} + 4^{1/3} + 4^{1/4} > 4 . Sketch the graph of f(x) = x^{1/2} + x^{1/3} + x^{1/4} -x
Which Is Bigger?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Which is bigger, n+10 or 2n+3? Can you find a good method of answering similar questions?
Spot the Difference
Age 16 to 18 Short Challenge Level:
If you plot these graphs they may look the same, but are they?
At Right Angles
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you decide whether two lines are perpendicular or not? Can you do this without drawing them?
Which Is Cheaper?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
When I park my car in Mathstown, there are two car parks to choose from. Can you help me to decide which one to use?
Lap Times
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you find the lap times of the two cyclists travelling at constant speeds?
Climbing
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Sketch the graphs of y = sin x and y = tan x and some straight lines. Prove some inequalities.
Snookered
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
In a snooker game the brown ball was on the lip of the pocket but it could not be hit directly as the black ball was in the way. How could it be potted by playing the white ball off a cushion?
Perpendicular Lines
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Position the lines so that they are perpendicular to each other. What can you say about the equations of perpendicular lines?
Towards Maclaurin
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Build series for the sine and cosine functions by adding one term at a time, alternately making the approximation too big then too small but getting ever closer.
Motion Sensor
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Looking at the graph - when was the person moving fastest? Slowest?
Doesn't Add Up
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
In this problem we are faced with an apparently easy area problem, but it has gone horribly wrong! What happened?
Ladder and Cube
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?
Surprising Transformations
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
I took the graph y=4x+7 and performed four transformations. Can you find the order in which I could have carried out the transformations?
Electric Kettle
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Explore the relationship between resistance and temperature
Bus Stop
Age 14 to 16 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. . . .
Muggles, Logo and Gradients
Age 11 to 18
Logo helps us to understand gradients of lines and why Muggles Magic is not magic but mathematics. See the problem Muggles magic.
Triangular Slope
Age 14 to 16 Short Challenge Level:
Can you find the gradients of the lines that form a triangle?
From All Corners
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Straight lines are drawn from each corner of a square to the mid points of the opposite sides. Express the area of the octagon that is formed at the centre as a fraction of the area of the square.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.