Angles - points, lines and parallel lines
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problemFavouriteJoin some regular octahedra, face touching face and one vertex of each meeting at a point. How many octahedra can you fit around this point? -
problemFavouriteTurning
Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?
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problemFavouriteHow Safe Are You?
How much do you have to turn these dials by in order to unlock the safes?
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problemFavouriteSix Places to Visit
Can you describe the journey to each of the six places on these maps? How would you turn at each junction?
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problemFavouriteNational Flags
This problem explores the shapes and symmetries in some national flags.
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problemFavouriteWatch the Clock
During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?
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problemFavouriteOlympic Turns
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.
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problemFavouriteWhat Shape?
This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.
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interactivityFavouriteVirtual Geoboard
This virtual geoboard allows you to create shapes by stretching rubber bands between pegs on the board.