Conjecturing and generalising

There are 405 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Conjecturing and generalising
Tower of Hanoi
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Tower of hanoi

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The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.
Light the Lights
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Light the lights

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5 to 7
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Investigate which numbers make these lights come on. What is the smallest number you can find that lights up all the lights?

What numbers can we make?
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What numbers can we make?

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Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?

Grouping Goodies
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Grouping goodies

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5 to 7
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Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

Zios and Zepts
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Zios and zepts

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7 to 11
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On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
Largest product
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Largest product

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11 to 14
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Which set of numbers that add to 100 have the largest product?
Multiplication square
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Multiplication square

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14 to 16
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Pick a square within a multiplication square and add the numbers on each diagonal. What do you notice?
Real Statistics
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Real statistics

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7 to 11
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Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?

More Twisting and Turning
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More twisting and turning

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11 to 16
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It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...
Power mad!
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Power mad!

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11 to 14
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Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.