Expanding and factorising quadratics

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

In 15 years' time my age will be the square of my age 15 years ago. Can you work out my age, and when I had other special birthdays?

Can you explain the surprising results Jo found when she calculated the difference between square numbers?

How do scores on dice and factors of polynomials relate to each other?

A mother wants to share a sum of money by giving each of her children in turn a lump sum plus a fraction of the remainder. How can she do this in order to share the money out equally?

Many numbers can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares. What do you notice about the numbers you CANNOT make?

Take any prime number greater than 3 , square it and subtract one. Working on the building blocks will help you to explain what is special about your results.

Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?

Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?