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A stack of open magazines on colourful pages.
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Magazines

7 to 11
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Let's suppose that you are going to have a magazine which has 16 pages of A5 size. Can you find some different ways to make these pages? Investigate the pattern for each if you number the pages.

Colouring curves game
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Colouring curves game

7 to 14
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In this game, try not to colour two adjacent regions the same colour. Can you work out a strategy?
CPD Support Using Rich Mathematical Tasks
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CPD support using rich mathematical tasks

Liz Woodham describes a project which took place in 2007-9 working with three primary schools. It aimed to improve mathematics teaching and learning, and to trial and refine an online professional development resource.

NRICH at Every Stage
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NRICH at every stage

5 to 11

Whether you are reflecting on the mathematical developments children have made over the year, or thinking about activities for a transition day this article offers plenty of ideas and tasks to support you.

Street Sequences
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Street sequences

5 to 11
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Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.

Shaping Up with Tessellations
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Shaping up with tessellations

7 to 14
This article describes the scope for practical exploration of tessellations both in and out of the classroom. It seems a golden opportunity to link art with maths, allowing the creative side of your children to take over.
Is your DNA unique?
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Is your DNA unique?

16 to 18
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Use combinatoric probabilities to work out the probability that you are genetically unique!

Quartics
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Quartics

16 to 18
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Investigate the graphs of y = [1 + (x - t)^2][1 + (x + t^)2] as the parameter t varies.
Ratios and Dilutions
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Ratios and dilutions

14 to 16
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Scientists often require solutions which are diluted to a particular concentration. In this problem, you can explore the mathematics of simple dilutions
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