Reasoning, convincing and proving

There are 458 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Reasoning, convincing and proving
Model solutions
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Model solutions

Age
16 to 18
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How do these modelling assumption affect the solutions?
Speeding boats
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Speeding boats

Age
14 to 16
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Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?
Folding Fractions
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Folding Fractions

Age
14 to 16
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What fractions can you divide the diagonal of a square into by simple folding?
Curvy areas
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Curvy areas

Age
14 to 16
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Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?
Multiples Sudoku
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Multiples Sudoku

Age
11 to 14
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Each clue in this Sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
Dangerous driver?
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Dangerous driver?

Age
16 to 18
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Was it possible that this dangerous driving penalty was issued in error?
Prime sequences
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Prime sequences

Age
16 to 18
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This group tasks allows you to search for arithmetic progressions in the prime numbers. How many of the challenges will you discover for yourself?
Integration matcher
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Integration matcher

Age
16 to 18
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Can you match the charts of these functions to the charts of their integrals?
Power mad!
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Power mad!

Age
11 to 14
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Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.
Mind your \Ps and \Qs
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Mind your \Ps and \Qs

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16 to 18
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Sort these mathematical propositions into a series of 8 correct statements.