Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

  • No Matter
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    No Matter

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    After performing some operations, what number is your answer always a multiple of?
  • Nine, Ten and One
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    Nine, Ten and One

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the value of t in these equations?
  • Triangles within Triangles
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    Triangles Within Triangles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
  • Powers of Four
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    Powers of Four

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the value of x in this 'power-full' equation?
  • Carry Over
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    Carry Over

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Each letter stands for a different digit, and S is non-zero. Which letter has the lowest value?
  • Sweeping Satellite
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    Sweeping Satellite

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Derive an equation which describes satellite dynamics.
  • In Sum-mary
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    In Sum-Mary

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What does the sum of these three numbers tell us about their product?
  • Just touching
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    Just Touching

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Three semi-circles have a common diameter, each touches the other two and two lie inside the biggest one. What is the radius of the circle that touches all three semi-circles?
  • More Polynomial Equations
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    More Polynomial Equations

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find relationships between the polynomials a, b and c which are polynomials in n giving the sums of the first n natural numbers, squares and cubes respectively.
  • Sixational
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    Sixational

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    The nth term of a sequence is given by the formula n^3 + 11n. Find the first four terms of the sequence given by this formula and the first term of the sequence which is bigger than one million. Prove that all terms of the sequence are divisible by 6.