Squares

  • Seeing Squares
    problem

    Seeing squares

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

  • Vector journeys
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    Vector journeys

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Charlie likes to go for walks around a square park, while Alison likes to cut across diagonally. Can you find relationships between the vectors they walk along?

  • Opposite vertices
    problem

    Opposite vertices

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you recreate squares and rhombuses if you are only given a side or a diagonal?

  • Sorting Logic Blocks
    problem

    Sorting logic blocks

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.

  • Unusual Polygon
    problem

    Unusual polygon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What is the perimeter of this unusually shaped polygon...
  • Jig Shapes
    problem

    Jig shapes

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

  • Baravelle
    problem

    Baravelle

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?

  • Folding Fractions
    problem

    Folding fractions

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What fractions can you divide the diagonal of a square into by simple folding?
  • Eight hidden squares
    problem

    Eight hidden squares

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight hidden squares?

  • Logic Block Collections
    problem

    Logic block collections

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    What do you think is the same about these two Logic Blocks? What others do you think go with them in the set?