Inequalities

There are 47 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Inequalities
Near 10
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Near 10

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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10 must remain within easy reach...
Diverging
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Diverging

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Show that for natural numbers x and y if x/y > 1 then x/y>(x+1)/(y+1}>1. Hence prove that the product for i=1 to n of [(2i)/(2i-1)] tends to infinity as n tends to infinity.
Thousand Words
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Thousand words

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Here the diagram says it all. Can you find the diagram?
Powerful Order
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Powerful order

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Powers of numbers might look large, but which of these is the largest...
Tetra Inequalities
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Tetra inequalities

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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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?
Fracmax
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Fracmax

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Find the maximum value of 1/p + 1/q + 1/r where this sum is less than 1 and p, q, and r are positive integers.