problem Golden eggs Age 16 to 18 Challenge level Find a connection between the shape of a special ellipse and an infinite string of nested square roots.
problem Fibonacci fashion Age 16 to 18 Challenge level What have Fibonacci numbers to do with solutions of the quadratic equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 ?
problem Pythagorean fibs Age 16 to 18 Challenge level What have Fibonacci numbers got to do with Pythagorean triples?
problem Maundy money Age 11 to 14 Challenge level How much money did the Queen give away in pence as a power of 2?
problem Age of augustus Age 11 to 14 Challenge level The English mathematician Augustus de Morgan has given his age in algebraic terms. Can you work out when he was born?
problem Powerful order Age 14 to 16 Challenge level Powers of numbers might look large, but which of these is the largest...
problem Googol Age 16 to 18 Challenge level Find the smallest value for which a particular sequence is greater than a googol.
problem Rational roots Age 16 to 18 Challenge level Given that a, b and c are natural numbers show that if sqrt a+sqrt b is rational then it is a natural number. Extend this to 3 variables.
problem Root to poly Age 14 to 16 Challenge level Find the polynomial p(x) with integer coefficients such that one solution of the equation p(x)=0 is $1+\sqrt 2+\sqrt 3$.