Visualising and representing

There are 575 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Catrina's Cards
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Catrina's cards

Age
5 to 7
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How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?
Nine Colours
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Nine colours

Age
11 to 16
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Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?
Triangles to Tetrahedra
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Triangles to tetrahedra

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11 to 14
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Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?
Pick's Theorem
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Pick's theorem

Age
14 to 16
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Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.
Special Numbers
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Special numbers

Age
11 to 14
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My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

Square coordinates
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Square coordinates

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11 to 14
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A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?

Speeding up, slowing down
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Speeding up, slowing down

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11 to 14
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Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its speed at each stage.

Shape Times Shape
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Shape times shape

Age
7 to 11
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These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?
Which is cheaper?
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Which is cheaper?

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14 to 16
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When I park my car in Mathstown, there are two car parks to choose from. Can you help me to decide which one to use?
Subtraction Surprise
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Subtraction surprise

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7 to 14
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Try out some calculations. Are you surprised by the results?