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  • A Knight's Journey
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    A knight's journey

    This article looks at knight's moves on a chess board and introduces you to the idea of vectors and vector addition.
  • Frieze Patterns in Cast Iron
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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.
  • The Frieze Tree
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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?
  • Friezes
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    Friezes

    Some local pupils lost a geometric opportunity recently as they surveyed the cars in the car park. Did you know that car tyres, and the wheels that they on, are a rich source of geometry?
  • Shaping Up with Tessellations
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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.
  • Topkapi Palace
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    Topkapi palace

    These images are taken from the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. Can you work out the basic unit that makes up each pattern? Can you continue the pattern? Can you see any similarities and differences in the designs?
  • Patchwork Quilt
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    Patchwork quilt

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Squares of the type shown are sewn together to make a quilt. How many different quilts can be made?
  • Central Distance
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    Central distance

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 1 - 2006
    The diagram shows two circles enclosed in a rectangle. What is the distance between the centres of the circles?
  • Decoding Transformations
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    Decoding transformations

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    See the effects of some combined transformations on a shape. Can you describe what the individual transformations do?
  • Arrow Arithmetic 1
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    Arrow arithmetic 1

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The first part of an investigation into how to represent numbers using geometric transformations that ultimately leads us to discover numbers not on the number line.