Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Maximum Scattering
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Maximum Scattering

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Your data is a set of positive numbers. What is the maximum value that the standard deviation can take?
Cuboid-in-a-Box
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Cuboid-in-a-Box

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?
Brush Loads
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Brush Loads

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.
Jomista Mat
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Jomista Mat

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Looking at the picture of this Jomista Mat, can you decribe what you see? Why not try and make one yourself?
Cover the Camel
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Cover the Camel

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you cover the camel with these pieces?
Squares in rectangles
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Squares in rectangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?
Semi-regular Tessellations
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Semi-regular Tessellations

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?
Concrete wheel
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Concrete wheel

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A huge wheel is rolling past your window. What do you see?
Mixing More Paints
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Mixing More Paints

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find an efficent way to mix paints in any ratio?