Pythagoras' theorem

  • Tilting Triangles
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    Tilting triangles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A right-angled isosceles triangle is rotated about the centre point of a square. What can you say about the area of the part of the square covered by the triangle as it rotates?
  • Square Pair Circles
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    Square pair circles

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the number of points with integer coordinates on circles with centres at the origin for which the square of the radius is a power of 5.
  • Are you kidding
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    Are you kidding

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If the altitude of an isosceles triangle is 8 units and the perimeter of the triangle is 32 units.... What is the area of the triangle?
  • Matter of Scale
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    Matter of scale

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you prove Pythagoras' Theorem using enlargements and scale factors?
  • Hex
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    Hex

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Explain how the thirteen pieces making up the regular hexagon shown in the diagram can be re-assembled to form three smaller regular hexagons congruent to each other.
  • Rhombus in Rectangle
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    Rhombus in rectangle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Take any rectangle ABCD such that AB > BC. The point P is on AB and Q is on CD. Show that there is exactly one position of P and Q such that APCQ is a rhombus.
  • Little and Large
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    Little and large

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A point moves around inside a rectangle. What are the least and the greatest values of the sum of the squares of the distances from the vertices?
  • Zig Zag
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    Zig zag

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Four identical right angled triangles are drawn on the sides of a square. Two face out, two face in. Why do the four vertices marked with dots lie on one line?
  • The medieval octagon
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    The medieval octagon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Medieval stonemasons used a method to construct octagons using ruler and compasses... Is the octagon regular? Proof please.
  • Napkin
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    Napkin

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A napkin is folded so that a corner coincides with the midpoint of an opposite edge. Investigate the three triangles formed.