Visualising and representing

  • Reversals
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    Reversals

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?

  • Fibonacci Surprises
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    Fibonacci Surprises

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Play around with the Fibonacci sequence and discover some surprising results!

  • The Farmers' Field Boundary
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    The Farmers' Field Boundary

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

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

  • What numbers can we make now?
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    What Numbers Can We Make Now?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

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

  • Triangles to Tetrahedra
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    Triangles to Tetrahedra

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?

  • John's train is on time
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    John's Train Is on Time

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    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?

  • Cuboids
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    Cuboids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    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?

  • Efficient cutting
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    Efficient Cutting

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    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.

  • Cubes within Cubes revisited
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    Cubes Within Cubes Revisited

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    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?

  • Up and across
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    Up and Across

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    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.