Inequalities

  • Which is bigger?
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    Which Is Bigger?

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    14 to 16
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    Which is bigger, n+10 or 2n+3? Can you find a good method of answering similar questions?

  • Tet-Trouble
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    Tet-Trouble

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    14 to 16
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    Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?

  • Not Continued Fractions
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    Not Continued Fractions

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Which rational numbers cannot be written in the form x + 1/(y + 1/z) where x, y and z are integers?
  • ' Tis Whole
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    'tis Whole

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    14 to 18
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    Take a few whole numbers away from a triangle number. If you know the mean of the remaining numbers can you find the triangle number and which numbers were removed?

  • Shades of Fermat's Last Theorem
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    Shades of Fermat's Last Theorem

    Age
    16 to 18
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    The familiar Pythagorean 3-4-5 triple gives one solution to (x-1)^n + x^n = (x+1)^n so what about other solutions for x an integer and n= 2, 3, 4 or 5?

  • Big, Bigger, Biggest
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    Big, Bigger, Biggest

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    16 to 18
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    Which is the biggest and which the smallest of $2000^{2002}, 2001^{2001} \text{and } 2002^{2000}$?

  • Tetra Inequalities
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    Tetra Inequalities

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    16 to 18
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    Can you prove that in every tetrahedron there is a vertex where the three edges meeting at that vertex have lengths which could be the sides of a triangle?

  • Unit interval
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    Unit Interval

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Can you prove our inequality holds for all values of x and y between 0 and 1?

  • Inner equality
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    Inner Equality

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Can you solve this inequalities challenge?

  • Giants
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    Giants

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Which is the bigger, 9^10 or 10^9 ? Which is the bigger, 99^100 or 100^99 ?