Being collaborative

  • problem

    Poly plug pattern

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?

  • All Change
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    All change

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?

  • Who's the best?
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    Who's the best?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?

  • Olympic Records
    problem

    Olympic records

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?

  • Attractive Tablecloths
    problem

    Attractive tablecloths

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?

  • Jumping squares
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    Jumping squares

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

  • Half Time
    problem

    Half time

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?

  • Generating Triples
    problem

    Generating triples

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Sets of integers like 3, 4, 5 are called Pythagorean Triples, because they could be the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. Can you find any more?

  • problem

    Track design

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?

  • Fill Me Up Too
    problem

    Fill me up too

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?