Conjecturing and generalising

There are 343 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Conjecturing and generalising
Frogs
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Frogs

Age
11 to 14
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How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?
Nim-7
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Nim-7

Age
5 to 11
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Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Egyptian Fractions
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Egyptian Fractions

Age
11 to 14
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The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. Here is a chance to explore how they could have written different fractions.
Two Primes Make One Square
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Two Primes Make One Square

Age
7 to 11
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Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Reach 100
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Reach 100

Age
7 to 11
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Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.
Path to the Stars
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Path to the Stars

Age
7 to 11
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Is it possible to draw a 5-pointed star without taking your pencil off the paper? Is it possible to draw a 6-pointed star in the same way without taking your pen off?
Amy's Dominoes
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Amy's Dominoes

Age
7 to 11
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Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?
Calendar Calculations
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Calendar Calculations

Age
7 to 11
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Try adding together the dates of all the days in one week. Now multiply the first date by 7 and add 21. Can you explain what happens?
1 Step 2 Step
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1 Step 2 Step

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11 to 14
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Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?
Flashing Lights
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Flashing Lights

Age
7 to 11
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Norrie sees two lights flash at the same time, then one of them flashes every 4th second, and the other flashes every 5th second. How many times do they flash together during a whole minute?