Conjecturing and generalising

Put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 into the squares so that the numbers on each circle add up to the same amount. Can you find the rule for giving another set of six numbers?

Only one side of a two-slice toaster is working. What is the quickest way to toast both sides of three slices of bread?

In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a surface so that the sum of the numbers on each of the four faces (top, bottom, front and back) is equal?

If you continue the pattern, can you predict what each of the following areas will be? Try to explain your prediction.

What is the volume of the solid formed by rotating this right angled triangle about the hypotenuse?

What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?

Can you show that you can share a square pizza equally between two people by cutting it four times using vertical, horizontal and diagonal cuts through any point inside the square?

The opposite vertices of a square have coordinates (a,b) and (c,d). What are the coordinates of the other vertices?

A counter is placed in the bottom right hand corner of a grid. You toss a coin and move the star according to the following rules: ... What is the probability that you end up in the top left-hand corner of the grid?