Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Tower of Hanoi
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Tower of Hanoi

Age
11 to 14
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The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.
Christmas chocolates
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Christmas chocolates

Age
11 to 14
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How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there are in different sized boxes?
Mach Attack
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Mach Attack

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Have you got the Mach knack? Discover the mathematics behind exceeding the sound barrier.
Ford Circles
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Ford Circles

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Can you find the link between these beautiful circle patterns and Farey Sequences?
Classical Means
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Classical Means

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Use the diagram to investigate the classical Pythagorean means.
Summing squares
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Summing squares

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Discover a way to sum square numbers by building cuboids from small cubes. Can you picture how the sequence will grow?
Coordinated crystals
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Coordinated crystals

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Explore the lattice and vector structure of this crystal.
Vector walk
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Vector walk

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?
Coded hundred square
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Coded hundred square

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Surprising Transformations
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Surprising Transformations

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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I took the graph y=4x+7 and performed four transformations. Can you find the order in which I could have carried out the transformations?