Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

  • Algebra Match
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    Algebra Match

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
  • What does it all add up to?
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    What Does It All Add Up To?

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
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    If you take four consecutive numbers and add them together, the answer will always be even. What else do you notice?
  • eNRICHing experience
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    eNRICHing Experience

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Find the five distinct digits N, R, I, C and H in the following nomogram

  • Magic W
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    Magic W

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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.

  • Janine's Conjecture
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    Janine's Conjecture

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Hand Swap
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    Hand Swap

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Mediant madness
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    Mediant Madness

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Kyle and his teacher disagree about his test score - who is right?
  • Archimedes and numerical roots
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    Archimedes and Numerical Roots

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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?
  • Big Fish
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    Big Fish

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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...
  • How do you react?
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    How Do You React?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling...