Conjecturing and generalising

Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?

Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?

In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. Can you work out the table and the shift each time?

Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?

Watch the video to see how Charlie works out the sum. Can you adapt his method?

Can you find an efficient method to work out how many handshakes there would be if hundreds of people met?

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

How much of the square is coloured blue? How will the pattern continue?

The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.

How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there are in different sized boxes?