Rotations

  • Robotic Rotations
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    Robotic rotations

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How did the the rotation robot make these patterns?

  • Overlap
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    Overlap

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A red square and a blue square overlap. Is the area of the overlap always the same?

  • Attractive Tablecloths
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    Attractive tablecloths

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?

  • Flipping Twisty Matrices
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    Flipping twisty matrices

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the transformations of the plane given by the 2 by 2 matrices with entries taking all combinations of values 0, -1 and +1.

  • Napoleon's Theorem
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    Napoleon's theorem

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Triangle ABC has equilateral triangles drawn on its edges. Points P, Q and R are the centres of the equilateral triangles. What can you prove about the triangle PQR?