Gradients

There are 27 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Gradients
Mediant madness
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Mediant madness

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Kyle and his teacher disagree about his test score - who is right?
Snookered
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Snookered

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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In a snooker game the brown ball was on the lip of the pocket but it could not be hit directly as the black ball was in the way. How could it be potted by playing the white ball off a cushion?
Climbing
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Climbing

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Sketch the graphs of y = sin x and y = tan x and some straight lines. Prove some inequalities.
Walls
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Walls

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Plane 1 contains points A, B and C and plane 2 contains points A and B. Find all the points on plane 2 such that the two planes are perpendicular.
Towards Maclaurin
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Towards maclaurin

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Build series for the sine and cosine functions by adding one term at a time, alternately making the approximation too big then too small but getting ever closer.
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Triangular slope

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the gradients of the lines that form a triangle?
Muggles, Logo and Gradients
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Muggles, logo and gradients

Logo helps us to understand gradients of lines and why Muggles Magic is not magic but mathematics. See the problem Muggles magic.