Reasoning, convincing and proving

  • 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
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    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!

  • Trig Rules OK
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    Trig rules OK

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Change the squares in this diagram and spot the property that stays the same for the triangles. Explain...

  • Subtended angles
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    Subtended angles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What is the relationship between the angle at the centre and the angles at the circumference, for angles which stand on the same arc? Can you prove it?

  • Triangles in circles
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    Triangles in circles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?

  • More Total Totality
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    More total totality

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Is it possible to arrange the numbers 1-6 on the nodes of this diagram, so that all the sums between numbers on adjacent nodes are different?
  • Total Totality
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    Total totality

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Is it possible to arrange the numbers 1-6 on the nodes of this diagram, so that all the sums between numbers on adjacent nodes are different?
  • Day of the Triffids
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    Day of the Triffids

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Jasmine buys three different types of plant. How many triffids did she buy?

  • Multiplication square
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    Multiplication square

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Pick a square within a multiplication square and add the numbers on each diagonal. What do you notice?
  • Plus or Minus
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    Plus or minus

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Make and prove a conjecture about the value of the product of the Fibonacci numbers $F_{n+1}F_{n-1}$.