Visualising and representing

There are 575 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Rhombus It
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Rhombus it

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11 to 16
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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 rhombus.

Parallelogram It
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Parallelogram it

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11 to 16
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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 parallelogram.

What numbers can we make now?
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What numbers can we make now?

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11 to 14
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Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

Pythagoras Proofs
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Pythagoras proofs

Age
11 to 16
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Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?

Three neighbours
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Three neighbours

Age
7 to 14
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Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?
Always Perfect
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Always perfect

Age
14 to 18
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Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.
Seesaw Shenanigans
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Seesaw shenanigans

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3 to 7
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A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?

Subtraction Slip
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Subtraction slip

Age
5 to 7
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Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?
Picture Your Method
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Picture your method

Age
7 to 11
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Can you match these calculation methods to their visual representations?
The Farmers' Field Boundary
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The farmers' field boundary

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11 to 14
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The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?