Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Mixing Paints
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Mixing Paints

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you work out how to produce different shades of pink paint?
Same Length Trains
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Same Length Trains

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?
Odds and Evens
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Odds and Evens

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Are these games fair? How can you tell?
Stringy Quads
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Stringy Quads

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!
Keep Your Distance
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Keep Your Distance

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you mark 4 points on a flat surface so that there are only two different distances between them?
Bishop's Paradise
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Bishop's Paradise

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Weekly Problem 37 - 2013
Which of the statements about diagonals of polygons is false?
Turning N Over
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Turning N Over

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A card with the letter N on it is rotated through two different axes. What does the card look like at the end?
Nine-Pin Triangles
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Nine-Pin Triangles

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
Cubes within Cubes revisited
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Cubes within Cubes revisited

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
Triangles within Pentagons
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Triangles within Pentagons

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.