Constructions

There are 31 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Constructions
The Farmers' Field Boundary
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The Farmers' Field Boundary

Age
11 to 14
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The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?
The square under the hypotenuse
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The square under the hypotenuse

Age
14 to 16
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Can you work out the side length of a square that just touches the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle?
Placeholder: several colourful numbers
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Flip your mat!

What shape and size of drinks mat is best for flipping and catching?
Cool As Ice
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Cool As Ice

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Design and construct a prototype intercooler which will satisfy agreed quality control constraints.
Constructing Triangles
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Constructing Triangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Generate three random numbers to determine the side lengths of a triangle. What triangles can you draw?
A rational search
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A rational search

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate constructible images which contain rational areas.
Attractive rotations
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Attractive rotations

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Here is a chance to create some attractive images by rotating shapes through multiples of 90 degrees, or 30 degrees, or 72 degrees or...
Moving Squares
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Moving Squares

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How can you represent the curvature of a cylinder on a flat piece of paper?
Close to triangular
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Close to triangular

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Drawing a triangle is not always as easy as you might think!
Folding Fractions
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Folding Fractions

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What fractions can you divide the diagonal of a square into by simple folding?