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Mathematical Etudes
This article by Colin Foster presents the idea of mathematical etudes as a way to develop fluency without tedium.
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Carbon Footprints
14 to 16
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Is it really greener to go on the bus, or to buy local?
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Voting Paradox
14 to 18
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Some relationships are transitive, such as 'if A>B and B>C then it follows that A>C', but some are not. In a voting system, if A beats B and B beats C should we expect A to beat C?
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Cubes
7 to 11
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How many faces can you see when you arrange these three cubes in different ways?
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Time to Evolve 2
16 to 18
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How is the length of time between the birth of an animal and the birth of its great great ... great grandparent distributed?
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Very Old Man
16 to 18
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Is the age of this very old man statistically believable?
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Take Some ... Cubes
In this article we outline how cubes can support children in working mathematically and draw attention to tasks which exemplify this.
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Rearranged Rectangle
7 to 11
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How many different rectangles can you make using this set of rods?
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Ladybirds in the Garden
5 to 7
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In Sam and Jill's garden there are two sorts of ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots. What numbers of total spots can you make?
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Two Primes Make One Square
7 to 11
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Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?