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Limiting Probabilities

16 to 18

Given probabilities of taking paths in a graph from each node, use matrix multiplication to find the probability of going from one vertex to another in 2 stages, or 3, or 4 or even 100.

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Unit Interval

16 to 18

Can you prove our inequality holds for all values of x and y between 0 and 1?

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Towards Maclaurin

16 to 18

Build series for the sine and cosine functions by adding one term at a time, alternately making the approximation too big then too small but getting ever closer.

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Birds in the Garden

5 to 11

This activity asks you to collect information about the birds you see in the garden. Are there patterns in the data or do the birds seem to visit randomly?

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Unexpected Ordering

5 to 7

Watch the video of Fran re-ordering these number cards. What do you notice? Try it for yourself. What happens?

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Tiling

7 to 11

An investigation that gives you the opportunity to make and justify predictions.

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Fill Me Up

11 to 14

Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?

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Back Fitter

14 to 18

10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?

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Multiples Sudoku

11 to 14

Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.

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Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

11 to 14

Two brothers were left some money, amounting to an exact number of pounds, to divide between them. DEE undertook the division. "But your heap is larger than mine!" cried DUM...

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Limiting Probabilities

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Fill Me Up

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