Explaining, convincing and proving

  • Which solids can we make?
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    Which solids can we make?

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?

  • More Number Sandwiches
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    More number sandwiches

    Age
    11 to 16
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    When is it impossible to make number sandwiches?
  • The Triangle Game
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    The triangle game

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Can you discover whether this is a fair game?
  • Arithmagons
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    Arithmagons

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?

  • Semi-regular Tessellations
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    Semi-regular tessellations

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?

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    Cyclic quadrilaterals

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Draw some quadrilaterals on a 9-point circle and work out the angles. Is there a theorem?

  • Statistical shorts
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    Statistical shorts

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Can you decide whether these short statistical statements are always, sometimes or never true?

  • Multiple Surprises
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    Multiple surprises

    Age
    11 to 16
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    Sequences of multiples keep cropping up...

  • Where are the primes?
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    Where are the primes?

    Age
    11 to 16
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    What can we say about all the primes which are greater than 3?