Triangle numbers

There are 30 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Triangle numbers
Satisfying Four Statements
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Satisfying four statements

Age
7 to 11
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Can you find any two-digit numbers that satisfy all of these statements?
Speedy summations
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Speedy summations

Age
16 to 18
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Watch the video to see how to add together an arithmetic sequence of numbers efficiently.

Triangular Triples
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Triangular triples

Age
14 to 16
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Show that 8778, 10296 and 13530 are three triangular numbers and that they form a Pythagorean triple.
Graphing Number Patterns
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Graphing number patterns

Age
7 to 11
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Does a graph of the triangular numbers cross a graph of the six times table? If so, where? Will a graph of the square numbers cross the times table too?
A Square Deal
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A square deal

Age
7 to 11
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Complete the magic square using the numbers 1 to 25 once each. Each row, column and diagonal adds up to 65.
Triangles within Triangles
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Triangles within triangles

Age
14 to 16
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Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
Triangles within Squares
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Triangles within squares

Age
14 to 16
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Can you find a rule which relates triangular numbers to square numbers?
Triangles within Pentagons
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Triangles within pentagons

Age
14 to 16
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Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
Alphabet Blocks
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Alphabet blocks

Age
5 to 11
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These alphabet bricks are painted in a special way. A is on one brick, B on two bricks, and so on. How many bricks will be painted by the time they have got to other letters of the alphabet?
Reciprocal Triangles
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Reciprocal triangles

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16 to 18
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Prove that the sum of the reciprocals of the first n triangular numbers gets closer and closer to 2 as n grows.