Being resilient

  • Isosceles Triangles
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    Isosceles triangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

  • Ten Hidden Squares
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    Ten hidden squares

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?

  • Finding Fifteen
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    Finding fifteen

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Tim had nine cards each with a different number from 1 to 9 on it. How could he have put them into three piles so that the total in each pile was 15?

  • problem

    Robot monsters

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.

  • Square split into a triangle and trapezium
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    Tangram tangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?

  • Cuboids
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    Cuboids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a cuboid that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you find them all?

  • The Tall Tower
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    The tall tower

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?

  • Break it up!
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    Break it up!

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?

  • Fractional Triangles
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    Fractional triangles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

  • How Many Miles To Go?
    problem

    How many miles to go?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?