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Eating for a better planet
11 to 16
How do you balance the environmental impacts and nutritional benefits of different foods?
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Advanced scientific mathematics
This is the section of stemNRICH devoted to the advanced applied
mathematics underlying the study of the sciences at higher levels
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Magazines
7 to 11
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.
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Designing table mats
11 to 16
Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat.
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A problem is a problem for all that...
The very problem with problems, namely that they should result in
you being stuck, is at the heart of what problem-solving is about.
In this article for teachers I talk about just a few of the other
problems with problems that make them such a rich source of
mathematics.
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Soma - so good
11 to 14
Can you mentally fit the 7 SOMA pieces together to make a cube? Can
you do it in more than one way?
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Favourite
Would you rather?
7 to 11
Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?