Visualising and representing

  • Night Watchmen
    problem

    Night watchmen

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Grannie's watch gains 30 minutes every hour, whilst Grandpa's watch loses 30 minutes every hour. What is the correct time when their watches next agree?
  • Drilling many cubes
    problem

    Drilling many cubes

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A useful visualising exercise which offers opportunities for discussion and generalising, and which could be used for thinking about the formulae needed for generating the results on a spreadsheet.
  • Making Tracks
    problem

    Making tracks

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A bicycle passes along a path and leaves some tracks. Is it possible to say which track was made by the front wheel and which by the back wheel?
  • Semaphore
    problem

    Semaphore

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    I am standing behind five pupils who are signalling a five-digit number to someone on the opposite side of the playground. What number is actually being signalled?
  • Painted Purple
    problem

    Painted purple

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Three faces of a $3 \times 3$ cube are painted red, and the other three are painted blue. How many of the 27 smaller cubes have at least one red and at least one blue face?
  • Don't Be Late
    problem

    Don't be late

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Mary is driving to Birmingham Airport. Using her average speed for the entire journey, find how long her journey took.
  • Facial Sums
    problem

    Facial sums

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you make the numbers around each face of this solid add up to the same total?
  • Adjacent Factors
    problem

    Adjacent factors

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Two numbers can be placed adjacent if one of them divides the other. Using only $1,...,10$, can you write the longest such list?
  • Folding in Half
    problem

    Folding in half

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How does the perimeter change when we fold this isosceles triangle in half?
  • Reading from Behind
    problem

    Reading from behind

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the time between 3 o'clock and 10 o'clock when my digital clock looks the same from both the front and back?