Reflecting Squarely
In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?
In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?
This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.
Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?
Place four pebbles on the sand in the form of a square. Keep adding as few pebbles as necessary to double the area. How many extra pebbles are added each time?
How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.
Sets of integers like 3, 4, 5 are called Pythagorean Triples, because they could be the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. Can you find any more?
How many ways can you find to do up all four buttons on my coat? How about if I had five buttons? Six ...?
How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?