Arithmetic sequences

  • What numbers can we make now?
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    What Numbers Can We Make Now?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

  • Charlie's delightful machine
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    Charlie's Delightful Machine

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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
    1 out of 3

    Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?

  • Steel Cables
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    Steel Cables

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Some students have been working out the number of strands needed for different sizes of cable. Can you make sense of their solutions?

  • Mystic Rose
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    Mystic Rose

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Use the animation to help you work out how many lines are needed to draw mystic roses of different sizes.

  • Prime AP
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    Prime AP

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What can you say about the common difference of an AP where every term is prime?

  • Matchsticks
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    Matchsticks

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    Reasoning about the number of matches needed to build squares that share their sides.
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    Transformations Tables

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    These grids are filled according to some rules - can you complete them?
  • Squares, Squares and More Squares
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    Squares, Squares and More Squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    Can you dissect a square into: 4, 7, 10, 13... other squares? 6, 9, 12, 15... other squares? 8, 11, 14... other squares?
  • Mobile Numbers
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    Mobile Numbers

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    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?