Visualising and representing

There are 575 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Mixing Lemonade
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Mixing lemonade

Age
11 to 14
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Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour?

Iff
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Iff

Age
14 to 18
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Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?
What's it worth?
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What's it worth?

Age
11 to 16
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There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

Remainders
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Remainders

Age
7 to 14
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I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?
Cover the Camel
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Cover the camel

Age
5 to 7
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Can you cover the camel with these pieces?
A question of scale
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A question of scale

Age
14 to 16
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Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
Even and odd
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Even and odd

Age
5 to 7
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This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?
Fill Me Up
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Fill me up

Age
11 to 14
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Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?

Counting Factors
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Counting factors

Age
11 to 14
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Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
Legs Eleven
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Legs eleven

Age
11 to 14
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Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?