Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?

Think of a number and follow the machine's instructions... I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?

The sums of the squares of three related numbers is also a perfect square - can you explain why?

When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...

Choose four consecutive whole numbers. Multiply the first and last numbers together. Multiply the middle pair together. What do you notice?

This pattern of six circles contains three unit circles. Work out the radii of the other three circles and the relationship between them.

My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

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.

For which values of n is the Fibonacci number fn even? Which Fibonnaci numbers are divisible by 3?

First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to eat chocolate. Multiply this number by 2...