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Sperner's Lemma
An article about the strategy for playing The Triangle Game which
appears on the NRICH site. It contains a simple lemma about
labelling a grid of equilateral triangles within a triangular
frame.
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Content Uses Specific to University Biology and Chemistry
One of the articles supporting STEM teaching in the classroom.
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A Brief History of Probability
11 to 14
Can you help d'Alembert discover the probabilty of at least one head in two coin flips?
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Hidden Jewels
In this 'hide and reveal' game, children are encouraged to say the number of gems without counting them.
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Power Match
16 to 18
Can you locate these values on this interactive logarithmic scale?
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Playing With Factors and Multiples
This article for primary teachers outlines why developing an intuitive 'feel' for numbers matters, and how our activities focusing on factors and multiples can help.
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Thinking About Different Ways of Thinking
This article, the first in a series, discusses mathematical-logical intelligence as described by Howard Gardner.
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Euler's Formula
Some simple ideas about graph theory with a discussion of a proof
of Euler's formula relating the numbers of vertces, edges and faces
of a graph.
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Satisfying Four Statements
7 to 11
Can you find any two-digit numbers that satisfy all of these statements?