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Polydron
7 to 11
This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
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Magic Plant
5 to 7
On Friday the magic plant was only 2 centimetres tall. Every day it doubled its height. How tall was it on Monday?
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The Legacy
14 to 16
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?
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Symmetric Trace
14 to 16
Points off a rolling wheel make traces. What makes those traces
have symmetry?
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A Question of Scale
14 to 16
Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
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Internal - External
14 to 16
Weekly Problem 12 - 2016
The diagram shows a square PQRS and two equilateral triangles RSU and PST. PQ has length 1. What is the length of TU?
The diagram shows a square PQRS and two equilateral triangles RSU and PST. PQ has length 1. What is the length of TU?
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Trig Reps
16 to 18
Can you deduce the familiar properties of the sine and cosine functions starting from these three different mathematical representations?