Reasoning, convincing and proving

There are 458 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Reasoning, convincing and proving
Special Numbers
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Special Numbers

Age
11 to 14
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My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Flexi Quad Tan
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Flexi Quad Tan

Age
16 to 18
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As a quadrilateral Q is deformed (keeping the edge lengths constnt) the diagonals and the angle X between them change. Prove that the area of Q is proportional to tanX.
Polite Numbers
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Polite Numbers

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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A polite number can be written as the sum of two or more consecutive positive integers, for example 8+9+10=27 is a polite number. Can you find some more polite, and impolite, numbers?
Poly Fibs
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Poly Fibs

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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A sequence of polynomials starts 0, 1 and each poly is given by combining the two polys in the sequence just before it. Investigate and prove results about the roots of the polys.
Fibonacci Factors
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Fibonacci Factors

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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For which values of n is the Fibonacci number fn even? Which Fibonnaci numbers are divisible by 3?
Modular Fractions
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Modular Fractions

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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We only need 7 numbers for modulus (or clock) arithmetic mod 7 including working with fractions. Explore how to divide numbers and write fractions in modulus arithemtic.
Children at Large
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Children at Large

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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There are four children in a family, two girls, Kate and Sally, and two boys, Tom and Ben. How old are the children?
Clocked
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Clocked

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Is it possible to rearrange the numbers 1,2......12 around a clock face in such a way that every two numbers in adjacent positions differ by any of 3, 4 or 5 hours?
Composite Notions
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Composite Notions

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A composite number is one that is neither prime nor 1. Show that 10201 is composite in any base.
Convex Polygons
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Convex Polygons

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Show that among the interior angles of a convex polygon there cannot be more than three acute angles.