Rational and irrational numbers

  • Irrational arithmagons
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    Irrational arithmagons

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the irrational numbers that belong in the circles to make the multiplication arithmagon correct?
  • The clue is in the question
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    The clue is in the question

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Starting with one of the mini-challenges, how many of the other mini-challenges will you invent for yourself?
  • Road maker 2
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    Road maker 2

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out where the blue-and-red brick roads end?
  • Impossible triangles?
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    Impossible triangles?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Which of these triangular jigsaws are impossible to finish?
  • The Square Hole
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    The square hole

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If the yellow equilateral triangle is taken as the unit for area, what size is the hole ?
  • Equal Equilateral Triangles
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    Equal equilateral triangles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you make a regular hexagon from yellow triangles the same size as a regular hexagon made from green triangles ?
  • Impossible square?
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    Impossible square?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you make a square from these triangles?
  • Spirostars
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    Spirostars

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A spiropath is a sequence of connected line segments end to end taking different directions. The same spiropath is iterated. When does it cycle and when does it go on indefinitely?
  • Rational Round
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    Rational round

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Show that there are infinitely many rational points on the unit circle and no rational points on the circle x^2+y^2=3.
  • Repetitiously
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    Repetitiously

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you express every recurring decimal as a fraction?