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8 Methods for Three by One
14 to 18
This problem in geometry has been solved in no less than EIGHT ways
by a pair of students. How would you solve it? How many of their
solutions can you follow? How are they the same or different? Which
do you like best?
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A Bit of a Dicey Problem
7 to 11
When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?
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Misunderstanding Randomness
11 to 14
Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?
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Ideal Axes
16 to 18
Explore how can changing the axes for a plot of an equation can
lead to different shaped graphs emerging
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Speeding Boats
14 to 16
Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?
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How Tall?
5 to 11
A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?
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Probable Words
5 to 7
If you asked your mum/dad/friend to take you to the park today,
what sort of response might you get?
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Olympic Turns
7 to 11
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.