Pink and White
The white square slides once around the pink square. Through what distance does the point P on the white square move?
The white square slides once around the pink square. Through what distance does the point P on the white square move?
Weekly Problem 11 - 2007
A circle of radius 1 rolls without slipping round the inside of a square of side length 4. Find an expression for the number of revolutions the circle makes.
Tom and Jerry start with identical sheets of paper. Each one cuts his sheet in a different way. Can you find the perimeter of the original sheet?
Weekly Problem 5 - 2006
How many times does the inside disc have to roll around the inside of the ring to return to its initial position?
The diagram shows two circles and four equal semi-circular arcs. The area of the inner shaded circle is 1. What is the area of the outer circle?
How many different phone numbers are there starting with a 3 and with at most two different digits?
If the line on the right were 0.2mm thick, how long would it need to be to cover an area of one square metre?
A window frame in Salt's Mill consists of two equal semicircles and a circle inside a large semicircle. What is the radius of the circle?
There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?