Visualising and representing

  • 11x11 square
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    11x11 square

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Here's a neat trick you can do with an 11 by 11 square...
  • Doubly Symmetric
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    Doubly symmetric

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What is the smallest number of additional squares that must be shaded so that this figure has at least one line of symmetry and rotational symmetry of order 2?
  • Travelling by Train
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    Travelling by train

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Stephen stops at Darlington on his way to Durham. At what time does he arrive at Durham?
  • Oldest and Youngest
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    Oldest and youngest

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Edith had 9 children at 15 month intervals. If the oldest is now six times as old as the youngest, how old is her youngest child?
  • Travelator
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    Travelator

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    When Andrew arrives at the end of the walkway, how far is he ahead of Bill?
  • Same Face
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    Same face

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A cube is rolled on a plane, landing on the squares in the order shown. Which two positions had the same face of the cube touching the surface?
  • Tennis Training
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    Tennis training

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    After tennis training, Andy, Roger and Maria collect up the balls. Can you work out how many Andy collects?
  • Euler meets Schlegel
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    Euler meets Schlegel

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Discover how networks can be used to prove Euler's Polyhedron formula.

  • All in the Mind
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    All in the mind

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine you are suspending a cube from one vertex and allowing it to hang freely. What shape does the surface of the water make around the cube?
  • Just rolling round
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    Just rolling round

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    P is a point on the circumference of a circle radius r which rolls, without slipping, inside a circle of radius 2r. What is the locus of P?