Explaining, convincing and proving

  • What's a Group?
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    What's a group?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Explore the properties of some groups such as: The set of all real numbers excluding -1 together with the operation x*y = xy + x + y. Find the identity and the inverse of the element x.
  • Golden Eggs
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    Golden eggs

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find a connection between the shape of a special ellipse and an infinite string of nested square roots.
  • Triangles within Squares
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    Triangles within squares

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a rule which relates triangular numbers to square numbers?
  • Fibonacci Fashion
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    Fibonacci fashion

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    What have Fibonacci numbers to do with solutions of the quadratic equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 ?
  • Pythagorean Fibs
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    Pythagorean fibs

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    What have Fibonacci numbers got to do with Pythagorean triples?
  • Day of the Triffids
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    Day of the Triffids

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jasmine buys three different types of plant. How many triffids did she buy?

  • Total Totality
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    Total totality

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Is it possible to arrange the numbers 1-6 on the nodes of this diagram, so that all the sums between numbers on adjacent nodes are different?
  • Integral Sandwich
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    Integral sandwich

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Generalise this inequality involving integrals.
  • So Many Sums
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    So many sums

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In this addition each letter stands for a different digit, with S standing for 3. What is the value of YxO?
  • Takeaway Time
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    Takeaway time

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Pizza, Indian or Chinese takeaway? If everyone liked at least one, how many only liked Indian?