Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Translating Lines
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Translating Lines

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Investigate what happens to the equation of different lines when you translate them. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.
Holes
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Holes

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?
HexPentas
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HexPentas

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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How many different ways can you find of fitting five hexagons together? How will you know you have found all the ways?
Baravelle
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Baravelle

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
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What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?
Speeding boats
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Speeding boats

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?
What is the question?
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What is the question?

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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These pictures and answers leave the viewer with the problem "What is the Question". Can you give the question and how the answer follows?
Reflecting Lines
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Reflecting Lines

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Investigate what happens to the equations of different lines when you reflect them in one of the axes. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.
Building Gnomons
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Building Gnomons

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Build gnomons that are related to the Fibonacci sequence and try to explain why this is possible.
At right angles
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At right angles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you decide whether two lines are perpendicular or not? Can you do this without drawing them?
Cuboid challenge
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Cuboid challenge

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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What's the largest volume of box you can make from a square of paper?