Coordinates

There are 51 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Coordinates
Corridors
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Corridors

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A 10x10x10 cube is made from 27 2x2 cubes with corridors between them. Find the shortest route from one corner to the opposite corner.
Snookered
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Snookered

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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In a snooker game the brown ball was on the lip of the pocket but it could not be hit directly as the black ball was in the way. How could it be potted by playing the white ball off a cushion?
What are you Plotting?
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What are you Plotting?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Investigate the positions of points which have particular x and y coordinates. What do you notice?
Treasure Island
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Treasure Island

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Write down what you can see at the coordinates of the treasure island map. The words can be used in a special way to find the buried treasure. Can you work out where it is?
Transformation Tease
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Transformation Tease

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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What are the coordinates of this shape after it has been transformed in the ways described? Compare these with the original coordinates. What do you notice about the numbers?
A Cartesian Puzzle
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A Cartesian Puzzle

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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.
A Tilted Square
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A Tilted Square

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The opposite vertices of a square have coordinates (a,b) and (c,d). What are the coordinates of the other vertices?
Square Pair Circles
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Square Pair Circles

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate the number of points with integer coordinates on circles with centres at the origin for which the square of the radius is a power of 5.
Parabella
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Parabella

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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This is a beautiful result involving a parabola and parallels.
Hypotenuse Lattice points
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Hypotenuse Lattice points

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The triangle OMN has vertices on the axes with whole number co-ordinates. How many points with whole number coordinates are there on the hypotenuse MN?