Reflections

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Snookered

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

In a snooker game the brown ball was on the lip of the pocket but it could not be hit directly as the black ball was in the way. How could it be potted by playing the white ball off a cushion?
problem

Rose

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

What groups of transformations map a regular pentagon to itself?
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Shaping Up With Tessellations

This article describes the scope for practical exploration of tessellations both in and out of the classroom. It seems a golden opportunity to link art with maths, allowing the creative side of your children to take over.
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Coordinating Classroom Coordinates

This article describes a practical approach to enhance the teaching and learning of coordinates.
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2010: A Year of Investigations

This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010.
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Making Maths: Indian Window Screen

Can you recreate this Indian screen pattern? Can you make up similar patterns of your own?
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Frieze Patterns in Cast Iron

A gallery of beautiful photos of cast ironwork friezes in Australia with a mathematical discussion of the classification of frieze patterns.
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The Frieze Tree

Patterns that repeat in a line are strangely interesting. How many types are there and how do you tell one type from another?