Folium of Descartes
Investigate the family of graphs given by the equation x^3+y^3=3axy for different values of the constant a.
Investigate the family of graphs given by the equation x^3+y^3=3axy for different values of the constant a.
In this game, try not to colour two adjacent regions the same colour. Can you work out a strategy?
This practical investigation invites you to make tessellating shapes in a similar way to the artist Escher.
If you have three circular objects, you could arrange them so that they are separate, touching, overlapping or inside each other. Can you investigate all the different possibilities?
Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.
Use combinatoric probabilities to work out the probability that you are genetically unique!
Is there a best way to stack cans? What do different supermarkets do? How high can you safely stack the cans?
Take 5 cubes of one colour and 2 of another colour. How many different ways can you join them if the 5 must touch the table and the 2 must not touch the table?
Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.