Enlargements and scale factors

  • Hex
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    Hex

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Explain how the thirteen pieces making up the regular hexagon shown in the diagram can be re-assembled to form three smaller regular hexagons congruent to each other.
  • Conical Bottle
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    Conical Bottle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A right circular cone is filled with liquid to a depth of half its vertical height. The cone is inverted. How high up the vertical height of the cone will the liquid rise?
  • Arrow Arithmetic 1
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    Arrow Arithmetic 1

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The first part of an investigation into how to represent numbers using geometric transformations that ultimately leads us to discover numbers not on the number line.
  • Golden Triangle
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    Golden Triangle

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Three triangles ABC, CBD and ABD (where D is a point on AC) are all isosceles. Find all the angles. Prove that the ratio of AB to BC is equal to the golden ratio.
  • Sierpinski Triangle
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    Sierpinski Triangle

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    What is the total area of the triangles remaining in the nth stage of constructing a Sierpinski Triangle? Work out the dimension of this fractal.
  • Squareflake
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    Squareflake

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A finite area inside and infinite skin! You can paint the interior of this fractal with a small tin of paint but you could never get enough paint to paint the edge.
  • Flower Show
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    Flower Show

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How long will it take six gardeners to dig six circular flower beds?
  • The Rescaled Map
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    The Rescaled Map

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    We use statistics to give ourselves an informed view on a subject of interest. This problem explores how to scale countries on a map to represent characteristics other than land area.
  • Similar rectangles
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    Similar Rectangles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the missing length?
  • Scale Draw
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    Scale Draw

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Use the grids to draw pictures to different scales.