Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

There are 198 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae
How Many Miles To Go?
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How Many Miles To Go?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?
Mind Reading
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Mind Reading

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number you first thought of, add 7, divide by 3 and take away the number you first thought of. You should now be left with 2. How do I know?
Leonardo's Problem
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Leonardo's Problem

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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A, B & C own a half, a third and a sixth of a coin collection. Each grab some coins, return some, then share equally what they had put back, finishing with their own share. How rich are they?
Sums of Squares
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Sums of Squares

Age
16 to 18
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Can you prove that twice the sum of two squares always gives the sum of two squares?
Pick's Theorem
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Pick's Theorem

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.
Top-Heavy Pyramids
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Top-Heavy Pyramids

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Use the numbers in the box below to make the base of a top-heavy pyramid whose top number is 200.
Terminology
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Terminology

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Given an equilateral triangle inside an isosceles triangle, can you find a relationship between the angles?
Snookered
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Snookered

Age
14 to 18
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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?
Algebra from Geometry
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Algebra from Geometry

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Account of an investigation which starts from the area of an annulus and leads to the formula for the difference of two squares.
Think of Two Numbers
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Think of Two Numbers

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?