Explaining, convincing and proving

  • What does random look like?
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    What Does Random Look Like?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.

  • What numbers can we make?
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    What Numbers Can We Make?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?

  • Place your orders
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    Place Your Orders

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?

  • Olympic Records
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    Olympic Records

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?

  • Olympic Measures
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    Olympic Measures

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?

  • Perimeter Possibilities
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    Perimeter Possibilities

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?

  • Strange Bank Account
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    Strange Bank Account

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Imagine a very strange bank account where you are only allowed to do two things...

  • Triangles in a Square
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    Triangles in a Square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What are the possible areas of triangles drawn in a square?

  • Cryptarithms
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    Cryptarithms

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you crack these cryptarithms?

  • Perimeter Challenge
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    Perimeter Challenge

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you deduce the perimeters of the shapes from the information given?