Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

There are 198 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae
Multiplication square
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Multiplication square

Age
14 to 16
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Pick a square within a multiplication square and add the numbers on each diagonal. What do you notice?
Diagonal Sums
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Diagonal Sums

Age
7 to 14
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In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?
Triangles within Pentagons
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Triangles within Pentagons

Age
14 to 16
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Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
Triangles within Squares
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Triangles within Squares

Age
14 to 16
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Can you find a rule which relates triangular numbers to square numbers?
Triangles within Triangles
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Triangles within Triangles

Age
14 to 16
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Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
Nine, Ten and One
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Nine, Ten and One

Age
11 to 14
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Can you find the value of t in these equations?
No Matter
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No Matter

Age
11 to 14
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After performing some operations, what number is your answer always a multiple of?
Salinon
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Salinon

Age
14 to 16
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This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?
And so on - and on -and on
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And so on - and on -and on

Age
16 to 18
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Can you find the value of this function involving algebraic fractions for x=2000?
Complex partial fractions
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Complex partial fractions

Age
16 to 18
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To break down an algebraic fraction into partial fractions in which all the denominators are linear and all the numerators are constants you sometimes need complex numbers.