Arithmetic sequences

  • Charlie's delightful machine
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    Charlie's delightful machine

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?

  • A little light thinking
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    A little light thinking

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?

  • Shifting Times Tables
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    Shifting times tables

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?

  • Mystic Rose
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    Mystic rose

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Use the animation to help you work out how many lines are needed to draw mystic roses of different sizes.
  • Prime sequences
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    Prime sequences

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This group tasks allows you to search for arithmetic progressions in the prime numbers. How many of the challenges will you discover for yourself?
  • Elevenses
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    Elevenses

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?
  • Mobile Numbers
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    Mobile numbers

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In this investigation, you are challenged to make mobile phone numbers which are easy to remember. What happens if you make a sequence adding 2 each time?
  • Investigating Pascal's Triangle
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    Investigating Pascal's triangle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In this investigation, we look at Pascal's Triangle in a slightly different way - rotated and with the top line of ones taken off.

  • 100 Square Jigsaw
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    100 square jigsaw

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?