Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae
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problemA task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding. -
problemWhat Does It All Add Up To?
If you take four consecutive numbers and add them together, the answer will always be even. What else do you notice? -
problemeNRICHing Experience
Find the five distinct digits N, R, I, C and H in the following nomogram
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problemMagic W
Find all the ways of placing the numbers 1 to 9 on a W shape, with 3 numbers on each leg, so that each set of 3 numbers has the same total.
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problemJanine's Conjecture
Janine noticed, while studying some cube numbers, that if you take three consecutive whole numbers and multiply them together and then add the middle number of the three, you get the middle number. Does this always work? Can you prove or disprove this conjecture?
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problemHand Swap
My train left London between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and arrived in Paris between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. At the start and end of the journey the hands on my watch were in exactly the same positions but the minute hand and hour hand had swopped places. What time did the train leave London and how long did the journey take?
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problemArchimedes and Numerical Roots
The problem is how did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots? -
problemBig Fish
Granny has taken up deep-sea fishing! Last week, she caught a fish so big that she had to cut it into three pieces in order to weigh it... -
problemHow Do You React?
To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling...