Visualising and representing
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problemFavouriteFibonacci Surprises
Play around with the Fibonacci sequence and discover some surprising results!
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problemFavouriteThe Farmers' Field Boundary
The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?
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problemFavouriteWhat Numbers Can We Make Now?
Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?
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problemFavouriteTriangles to Tetrahedra
Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?
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problemFavouriteJohn's Train Is on Time
A train leaves on time. After it has gone 8 miles (at 33mph) the driver looks at his watch and sees that the hour hand is exactly over the minute hand. When did the train leave the station?
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problemFavouriteCuboids
Can you find a cuboid that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you find them all?
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problemFavouriteEfficient Cutting
Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.
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problemFavouriteCubes Within Cubes Revisited
Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
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problemFavouriteUp and Across
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its vertical and horizontal movement at each stage.