Conjecturing and generalising

There are 343 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Conjecturing and generalising
Integral Sandwich
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Integral Sandwich

Age
16 to 18
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Generalise this inequality involving integrals.
Maximum Scattering
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Maximum Scattering

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Your data is a set of positive numbers. What is the maximum value that the standard deviation can take?
More Magic Potting sheds
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More Magic Potting sheds

Age
11 to 16
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The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
Tables Without Tens
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Tables Without Tens

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Investigate and explain the patterns that you see from recording just the units digits of numbers in the times tables.
Areas of parallelograms
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Areas of parallelograms

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the area of a parallelogram defined by two vectors?
Litov's Mean Value Theorem
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Litov's Mean Value Theorem

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
Mixing More Paints
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Mixing More Paints

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find an efficent way to mix paints in any ratio?
Harmonic Triangle
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Harmonic Triangle

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you see how to build a harmonic triangle? Can you work out the next two rows?
Bishop's Paradise
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Bishop's Paradise

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Weekly Problem 37 - 2013
Which of the statements about diagonals of polygons is false?
Triangle Pin-Down
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Triangle Pin-Down

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use the interactivity to investigate what kinds of triangles can be drawn on peg boards with different numbers of pegs.