Reasoning, convincing and proving

There are 458 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Reasoning, convincing and proving
Generating Triples
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Generating Triples

Age
14 to 16
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Sets of integers like 3, 4, 5 are called Pythagorean Triples, because they could be the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. Can you find any more?
Dicey Addition
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Dicey Addition

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Who said that adding couldn't be fun?
Place your orders
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Place your orders

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?
Finding factors
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Finding factors

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?
Largest Even
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Largest Even

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?
What numbers can we make?
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What numbers can we make?

Age
11 to 14
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Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
More Dicey Decisions
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More Dicey Decisions

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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The twelve edge totals of a standard six-sided die are distributed symmetrically. Will the same symmetry emerge with a dodecahedral die?
missing multipliers
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Missing Multipliers

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?
The add and take-away path
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The add and take-away path

Age
5 to 7
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Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?
Pairs of Numbers
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Pairs of Numbers

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?