Reasoning, convincing and proving

There are 458 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Reasoning, convincing and proving
Pythagorean Fibs
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Pythagorean Fibs

Age
16 to 18
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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
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What have Fibonacci numbers to do with solutions of the quadratic equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 ?
More Numbers in the Ring
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More Numbers in the Ring

Age
5 to 7
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If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?
Ring a Ring of Numbers
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Ring a Ring of Numbers

Age
5 to 7
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Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.
Triangles within Pentagons
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Triangles within Pentagons

Age
14 to 16
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Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
Triangles within Squares
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Triangles within Squares

Age
14 to 16
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Can you find a rule which relates triangular numbers to square numbers?
Triangles within Triangles
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Triangles within Triangles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
Cuisenaire Counting
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Cuisenaire Counting

Age
5 to 7
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Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?
Golden Eggs
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Golden Eggs

Age
16 to 18
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Find a connection between the shape of a special ellipse and an infinite string of nested square roots.
What's a Group?
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What's a Group?

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16 to 18
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Explore the properties of some groups such as: The set of all real numbers excluding -1 together with the operation x*y = xy + x + y. Find the identity and the inverse of the element x.