Visualising and representing

  • Building with Cubes
    problem

    Building with cubes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Try to picture these buildings of cubes in your head. Can you make them to check whether you had imagined them correctly?
  • Spotting the loophole
    problem

    Spotting the loophole

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A visualisation problem in which you search for vectors which sum to zero from a jumble of arrows. Will your eyes be quicker than algebra?

  • Painted Faces
    problem

    Painted faces

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Imagine a 3 by 3 by 3 cube made of 9 small cubes. Each face of the large cube is painted a different colour. How many small cubes will have two painted faces? Where are they?
  • Flip
    problem

    Flip

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you picture where this letter "F" will be on the grid if you flip it in these different ways?
  • Cube Drilling
    problem

    Cube drilling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Imagine a 4 by 4 by 4 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will not have holes drilled through them?
  • ACE, TWO, THREE...
    problem

    Ace, two, three...

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you picture how to order the cards to reproduce Charlie's card trick for yourself?
  • Dicey Directions
    problem

    Dicey directions

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    An ordinary die is placed on a horizontal table with the '1' face facing East... In which direction is the '1' face facing after this sequence of moves?
  • Night Watchmen
    problem

    Night watchmen

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Grannie's watch gains 30 minutes every hour, whilst Grandpa's watch loses 30 minutes every hour. What is the correct time when their watches next agree?
  • Twelve Cubed
    problem

    Twelve cubed

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A wooden cube with edges of length 12cm is cut into cubes with edges of length 1cm. What is the total length of the all the edges of these centimetre cubes?
  • Cheese cutting
    problem

    Cheese cutting

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    In this problem we see how many pieces we can cut a cube of cheese into using a limited number of slices. How many pieces will you be able to make?