Enlargements and scale factors
problem
Poly Plug Pattern
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?
problem
Fill Me Up Too
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?
problem
Fit for photocopying
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.
problem
L-triominoes
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
L triominoes can fit together to make larger versions of themselves. Is every size possible to make in this way?
problem
Growing Rectangles
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you
enlarge them?
problem
Scaling Clowns
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
These five clowns work in pairs. What is the same and what is
different about each pair's faces?
problem
Arrow Arithmetic 1
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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.
problem
Who is the fairest of them all ?
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Explore the effect of combining enlargements.
problem
The Rescaled Map
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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.