Coordinates

There are 53 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Coordinates

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Beelines

Age

14 to 16

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Is there a relationship between the coordinates of the endpoints of a line and the number of grid squares it crosses?

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Hidden squares

Age

11 to 14

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Can you find the squares hidden on these coordinate grids?

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Isosceles triangles

Age

11 to 14

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Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

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A Cartesian puzzle

Age

7 to 11

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Find the missing coordinates which will form these eight quadrilaterals. These coordinates themselves will then form a shape with rotational and line symmetry.

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Square coordinates

Age

11 to 14

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A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?

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Cubestick

Age

16 to 18

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Stick some cubes together to make a cuboid. Find two of the angles by as many different methods as you can devise.

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Coordinate challenge

Age

7 to 11

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Use the clues about the symmetrical properties of these letters to place them on the grid.

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Route to infinity

Age

11 to 14

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Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?

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Ladder and cube

Age

14 to 16

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A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

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Coordinate patterns

Age

11 to 14

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Charlie and Alison have been drawing patterns on coordinate grids. Can you picture where the patterns lead?

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Coordinates

Beelines

Hidden squares

Isosceles triangles

A Cartesian puzzle

Square coordinates

Cubestick

Coordinate challenge

Route to infinity

Ladder and cube

Coordinate patterns