Exploring and noticing

  • Sort them out (1)
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    Sort them out (1)

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

  • Nine Eigen
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    Nine eigen

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Explore how matrices can fix vectors and vector directions.

  • Square Pair
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    Square pair

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Explore the shape of a square after it is transformed by the action of a matrix.

  • So it's 28
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    So it's 28

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Here is your chance to investigate the number 28 using shapes, cubes ... in fact anything at all.
  • Which symbol?
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    Which symbol?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Choose a symbol to put into the number sentence.

  • Shifting Times Tables
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    Shifting times tables

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?

  • Going round in circles
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    Going round in circles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Mathematicians are always looking for efficient methods for solving problems. How efficient can you be?

  • How much can we spend?
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    How much can we spend?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A country has decided to have just two different coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?

  • problem

    Cyclic quadrilaterals

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

  • Nice or Nasty
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    Nice or nasty

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...