Conjecturing and generalising

  • More Twisting and Turning
    problem

    More twisting and turning

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...
  • Four Go
    problem

    Four go

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This challenge is a game for two players. Choose two of the numbers to multiply or divide, then mark your answer on the number line. Can you get four in a row?
  • Dotty Circle
    problem

    Dotty circle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Watch this film carefully. Can you find a general rule for explaining when the dot will be this same distance from the horizontal axis?
  • Perpendicular lines
    problem

    Perpendicular lines

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Position the lines so that they are perpendicular to each other. What can you say about the equations of perpendicular lines?
  • Parallel lines
    problem

    Parallel lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How does the position of the line affect the equation of the line? What can you say about the equations of parallel lines?
  • Growing Garlic
    problem

    Growing garlic

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

  • Sums of Pairs
    problem

    Sums of pairs

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jo has three numbers which she adds together in pairs. When she does this she has three different totals: 11, 17 and 22 What are the three numbers Jo had to start with?”
  • Music to my Ears
    problem

    Music to my ears

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you predict when you'll be clapping and when you'll be clicking if you start this rhythm? How about when a friend begins a new rhythm at the same time?
  • Clapping Times
    problem

    Clapping times

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?
  • Route to infinity
    problem

    Route to infinity

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?