Explaining, convincing and proving

  • Logical Cards
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    Logical Cards

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which of the cards provides the counter example?

  • Two Cubic Equations
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    Two Cubic Equations

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which statement correctly describes the real roots of the equation?

  • Fred's Maths Problems
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    Fred's Maths Problems

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    If the statement is not true, what can we say will be true?

  • Adding odd numbers (part 2)
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    Adding Odd Numbers (part 2)

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you use Proof by Induction to establish what will happen when you add more and more odd numbers?

  • Tetra Slice
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    Tetra Slice

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you prove that a quadrilateral drawn inside a tetrahedron is a parallelogram?

  • OK! Now prove it
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    Ok! Now Prove It

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Make a conjecture about the sum of the squares of the odd positive integers. Can you prove it?

  • Binary Squares
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    Binary Squares

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    If a number N is expressed in binary by using only 'ones,' what can you say about its square (in binary)?

  • Square Pair Circles
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    Square Pair Circles

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the number of points with integer coordinates on circles with centres at the origin for which the square of the radius is a power of 5.

  • Polite Numbers
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    Polite Numbers

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A polite number can be written as the sum of two or more consecutive positive integers, for example 8+9+10=27 is a polite number. Can you find some more polite, and impolite, numbers?
  • Impossible square?
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    Impossible Square?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you make a square from these triangles?