Being curious

  • problem

    Take your dog for a walk

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?

  • Curve Hunter
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    Curve hunter

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This problem challenges you to sketch curves with different properties.

  • Subtraction Slip
    problem

    Subtraction slip

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?

  • Digit Addition
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    Digit addition

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?

  • The Number Jumbler
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    The Number Jumbler

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

  • Fruity Totals
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    Fruity totals

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?

  • Triangle or No Triangle?
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    Triangle or no triangle?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Here is a selection of different shapes. Can you work out which ones are triangles, and why?

  • Name That Triangle!
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    Name that triangle!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you sketch triangles that fit in the cells in this grid? Which ones are impossible? How do you know?

  • Triangle transformation
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    Triangle transformation

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Start with a triangle. Can you cut it up to make a rectangle?
  • Multiplication arithmagons
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    Multiplication arithmagons

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?