Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

  • Square pizza
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    Square Pizza

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you show that you can share a square pizza equally between two people by cutting it four times using vertical, horizontal and diagonal cuts through any point inside the square?
  • Semi-Square
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    Semi-Square

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?
  • Poly Fibs
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    Poly Fibs

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A sequence of polynomials starts 0, 1 and each poly is given by combining the two polys in the sequence just before it. Investigate and prove results about the roots of the polys.
  • Triangles within Pentagons
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    Triangles Within Pentagons

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
  • Cubes within Cubes revisited
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    Cubes Within Cubes Revisited

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
  • Integer Indices
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    Integer Indices

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    From this sum of powers, can you find the sum of the indices?
  • Leftovers
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    Leftovers

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 26 - 2008
    If $n$ is a positive integer, how many different values for the remainder are obtained when $n^2$ is divided by $n+4$?
  • Factor List
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    Factor List

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Tina has chosen a number and has noticed something about its factors. What number could she have chosen? Are there multiple possibilities?
  • Price Match
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    Price Match

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find pairs of differently sized windows that cost the same?

  • Finding 3D Stacks
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    Finding 3D Stacks

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?