Being resourceful

There are 88 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being resourceful
Perception versus reality
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Perception versus reality

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
Through the Window
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Through the Window

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?
Play to 37
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Play to 37

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Constructing Triangles
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Constructing Triangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Generate three random numbers to determine the side lengths of a triangle. What triangles can you draw?
The animals' sports day
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The animals' sports day

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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One day five small animals in my garden were going to have a sports day. They decided to have a swimming race, a running race, a high jump and a long jump.
Which spinners?
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Which spinners?

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
Poly Plug Rectangles
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Poly Plug Rectangles

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
Attractive Tablecloths
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Attractive Tablecloths

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?
Seeing Squares
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Seeing Squares

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Finding factors
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Finding factors

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?