Being curious

Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?

Chris is enjoying a swim but needs to get back for lunch. How far along the bank should she land?

The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?

Your school has been left a million pounds in the will of an ex-pupil. What model of investment and spending would you use in order to ensure the best return on the money?

Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?

Charlie has moved between countries and the average income of both has increased. How can this be so?

Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?

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

Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?

If everyone in your class picked a number from 1 to 225, do you think any two people would pick the same number?