Being curious

  • Different Deductions
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    Different deductions

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

  • 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?

  • Reversals
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    Reversals

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?

  • Beach Huts
    problem

    Beach huts

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you figure out how sequences of beach huts are generated?

  • Unequal Averages
    problem

    Unequal averages

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Play around with sets of five numbers and see what you can discover about different types of average...

  • Wipeout
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    Wipeout

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?