Reasoning, convincing and proving
problem
Prime sequences
This group tasks allows you to search for arithmetic progressions
in the prime numbers. How many of the challenges will you discover
for yourself?
problem
Weekly lies
Mr Ross tells truths or lies depending on the day of the week. Can you catch him out?
game
Online
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
problem
Without calculus
Given that u>0 and v>0 find the smallest possible value of
1/u + 1/v given that u + v = 5 by different methods.
problem
Big, bigger, biggest
Which is the biggest and which the smallest of $2000^{2002}, 2001^{2001} \text{and } 2002^{2000}$?
problem
Winning team
Nine cross country runners compete in a team competition in which
there are three matches. If you were a judge how would you decide
who would win?
problem
Cyclic quad jigsaw
A picture is made by joining five small quadrilaterals together to
make a large quadrilateral. Is it possible to draw a similar
picture if all the small quadrilaterals are cyclic?
problem
Pent
The diagram shows a regular pentagon with sides of unit length.
Find all the angles in the diagram. Prove that the quadrilateral
shown in red is a rhombus.