Reasoning, convincing and proving

There are 514 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Reasoning, convincing and proving
Be reasonable
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Be reasonable

Age
16 to 18
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Prove that sqrt2, sqrt3 and sqrt5 cannot be terms of ANY arithmetic progression.
Long Short
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Long short

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What can you say about the lengths of the sides of a quadrilateral whose vertices are on a unit circle?
Staircase
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Staircase

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Solving the equation x^3 = 3 is easy but what about solving equations with a 'staircase' of powers?
Tri-Colour
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Tri-colour

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Six points are arranged in space so that no three are collinear. How many line segments can be formed by joining the points in pairs?
Square Pair Circles
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Square pair circles

Age
16 to 18
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Investigate the number of points with integer coordinates on circles with centres at the origin for which the square of the radius is a power of 5.
Disappearing square
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Disappearing square

Age
11 to 14
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Do you know how to find the area of a triangle? You can count the squares. What happens if we turn the triangle on end? Press the button and see. Try counting the number of units in the triangle now. Do you have any interesting findings to report?
Top-Heavy Pyramids
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Top-heavy pyramids

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Use the numbers in the box below to make the base of a top-heavy pyramid whose top number is 200.
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.
The Bridges of Konigsberg
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The bridges of konigsberg

Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate how networks can be used to solve a problem for the 18th Century inhabitants of Konigsberg.
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?