Visualising and representing

  • Centre Square
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    Centre square

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What does Pythagoras' Theorem tell you about the radius of these circles?
  • Facial Sums
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    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?
  • Placeholder: several colourful numbers
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    Speedo

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the relationship between speeds recorded and the distance travelled in this kinematic scenario.

  • Calculus analogies
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    Calculus analogies

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Consider these analogies for helping to understand key concepts in calculus.

  • More pebbles
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    More pebbles

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a go at this 3D extension to the Pebbles problem.
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    Cube bricks and daisy chains

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Daisy and Akram have made some number patterns. Can you find out which pattern is longer?

  • Thinking Mathematically - Short Problems
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    Quick sum

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Is this surd sum exactly 3?

  • Charlie's delightful machine
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    Charlie's delightful machine

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?

  • Painting by functions
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    Painting by functions

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Use functions to create minimalist versions of works of art.
  • Painting by Numbers
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    Painting by numbers

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How many different colours of paint would be needed to paint these pictures by numbers?