Visualising and representing

There are 575 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Relative Time
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Relative time

Age
14 to 16
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Albert Einstein is experimenting with two unusual clocks. At what time do they next agree?
Painted Octahedron
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Painted octahedron

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the smallest number of colours needed to paint the faces of a regular octahedron so that no adjacent faces are the same colour?
Bike Shop
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Bike shop

Age
14 to 16
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If I walk to the bike shop, but then cycle back, what is my average speed?
Starting Fibonacci
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Starting fibonacci

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the first term of a Fibonacci sequence whose second term is 4 and fifth term is 22?
Hyperbolic thinking
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Hyperbolic thinking

Age
16 to 18
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Explore the properties of these two fascinating functions using trigonometry as a guide.
Trig reps
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Trig reps

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Can you deduce the familiar properties of the sine and cosine functions starting from these three different mathematical representations?
Maths Shop Window
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Maths shop window

Age
16 to 18
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Make a functional window display which will both satisfy the manager and make sense to the shoppers
Polar Bearings
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Polar bearings

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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What on earth are polar coordinates, and why would you want to use them?
Charting more success
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Charting more success

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Charting success
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Charting success

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?