Reasoning, convincing and proving

  • Integral Sandwich
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    Integral sandwich

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Generalise this inequality involving integrals.
  • Product Sudoku
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    Product Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.

  • Squares in rectangles
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    Squares in rectangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?
  • Semi-regular Tessellations
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    Semi-regular tessellations

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?

  • Concrete wheel
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    Concrete wheel

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A huge wheel is rolling past your window. What do you see?
  • Harmonic Triangle
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    Harmonic triangle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you see how to build a harmonic triangle? Can you work out the next two rows?
  • Triangle in a Triangle
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    Triangle in a triangle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by the inner triangle?

  • Odds and Evens
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    Odds and evens

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Are these games fair? How can you tell?
  • Stringy Quads
    problem

    Stringy quads

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!