Regular polygons and circles

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Olympic Rings

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?
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Shaping It

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

These pictures were made by starting with a square, finding the half-way point on each side and joining those points up. You could investigate your own starting shape.
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Always, Sometimes or Never? Shape

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
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Bracelets

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?
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Sweets in a Box

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

How many different shaped boxes can you design for 36 sweets in one layer? Can you arrange the sweets so that no sweets of the same colour are next to each other in any direction?
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Part the Polygons

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Draw three straight lines to separate these shapes into four groups - each group must contain one of each shape.
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Where Are They?

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Use the isometric grid paper to find the different polygons.
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Circle Panes

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Look at the mathematics that is all around us - this circular window is a wonderful example.
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Sports Equipment

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

If these balls are put on a line with each ball touching the one in front and the one behind, which arrangement makes the shortest line of balls?
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Circular Area

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

How could you find out the area of a circle? Take a look at these ways.