Always perfect
Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.
Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.
Which numbers cannot be written as the sum of two or more consecutive numbers?
$40$ can be written as $7^2 - 3^2.$ Which other numbers can be written as the difference of squares of odd numbers?
Can you prove that triangles are right-angled when $a^2+b^2=c^2$?
Try to solve this very difficult problem and then study our two suggested solutions. How would you use your knowledge to try to solve variants on the original problem?
Three equilateral triangles ABC, AYX and XZB are drawn with the point X a moveable point on AB. The points P, Q and R are the centres of the three triangles. What can you say about triangle PQR?
Which is the biggest and which the smallest of $2000^{2002}, 2001^{2001} \text{and } 2002^{2000}$?
A quadrilateral changes shape with the edge lengths constant. Show the scalar product of the diagonals is constant. If the diagonals are perpendicular in one position are they always perpendicular?