Explaining, convincing and proving

  • Flippin' discs
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    Flippin' Discs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Discs are flipped in the air. You win if all the faces show the same colour. What is the probability of winning?

  • Odds and Evens
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    Odds and Evens

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Are these games fair? How can you tell?

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    Reaction Timer

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.

  • Crossed Ends
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    Crossed Ends

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Crosses can be drawn on number grids of various sizes. What do you notice when you add opposite ends?

  • m, m and m
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    M, M and M

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?

  • Multiples Sudoku
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    Multiples Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.

  • Mixing Lemonade
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    Mixing Lemonade

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour?

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    How Would You Score It?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.

  • A ring of Jacks, Queens and Kings on a green table.
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    Sociable Cards

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?

  • Do you feel lucky?
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    Do You Feel Lucky?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Some people offer advice on how to win at games of chance, or how to influence probability in your favour. Can you decide whether advice is good or not?