Powers and roots

There are 62 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Powers and roots
More Magic Potting sheds
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More Magic Potting sheds

Age
11 to 16
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The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
Magic potting sheds
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Magic potting sheds

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?
Plus or Minus
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Plus or Minus

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Make and prove a conjecture about the value of the product of the Fibonacci numbers $F_{n+1}F_{n-1}$.
Pythagorean Fibs
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Pythagorean Fibs

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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What have Fibonacci numbers got to do with Pythagorean triples?
Fibonacci Fashion
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Fibonacci Fashion

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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What have Fibonacci numbers to do with solutions of the quadratic equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 ?
Golden Eggs
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Golden Eggs

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Find a connection between the shape of a special ellipse and an infinite string of nested square roots.
Lost in Space
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Lost in Space

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How many ways are there to count 1 - 2 - 3 in the array of triangular numbers? What happens with larger arrays? Can you predict for any size array?
Perfectly Square
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Perfectly Square

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The sums of the squares of three related numbers is also a perfect square - can you explain why?
Guesswork
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Guesswork

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Ask a friend to choose a number between 1 and 63. By identifying which of the six cards contains the number they are thinking of it is easy to tell them what the number is.
Archimedes and numerical roots
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Archimedes and numerical roots

Age
14 to 16
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The problem is how did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots?