Being curious

  • What's it worth?
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    What's It Worth?

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

  • Arithmagons
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    Arithmagons

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?

  • Semi-regular Tessellations
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    Semi-Regular Tessellations

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?

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    Cyclic Quadrilaterals

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Draw some quadrilaterals on a 9-point circle and work out the angles. Is there a theorem?

  • 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?

  • Multiple Surprises
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    Multiple Surprises

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Sequences of multiples keep cropping up...

  • A blue map of electronic connections between people.
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    Connecting Averages

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The number in the square is the mean of the four numbers surrounding it. Can you find the missing numbers? 

  • Robotic Rotations
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    Robotic Rotations

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    How did the the rotation robot make these patterns?

  • Funny Factorisation
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    Funny Factorisation

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Using the digits 1 to 9, the number 4396 can be written as the product of two numbers. Can you find the factors?

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    Marbles in a Box

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?