Conjecturing and generalising

  • Vector walk
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    Vector walk

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?

  • Keep it simple
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    Keep it simple

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can all unit fractions be written as the sum of two unit fractions?

  • Translating Lines
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    Translating lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Investigate what happens to the equation of different lines when you translate them. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.

  • circles in quadrilaterals
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    Circles in quadrilaterals

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Explore when it is possible to construct a circle which just touches all four sides of a quadrilateral.

  • Holes
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    Holes

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?

  • Speeding boats
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    Speeding boats

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?

  • Tangled Trig Graphs
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    Tangled trig graphs

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the equations of the trig graphs I used to make my pattern?

  • Reflecting Lines
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    Reflecting lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Investigate what happens to the equations of different lines when you reflect them in one of the axes. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.

  • Building Gnomons
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    Building gnomons

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Build gnomons that are related to the Fibonacci sequence and try to explain why this is possible.
  • problem

    At right angles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you decide whether two lines are perpendicular or not? Can you do this without drawing them?