Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Triangles within Squares
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Triangles within Squares

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find a rule which relates triangular numbers to square numbers?
Triangles within Triangles
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Triangles within Triangles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
Stars
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Stars

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?
Square coordinates
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Square coordinates

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?
Isosceles Triangles
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Isosceles Triangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
Efficient cutting
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Efficient cutting

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.
Ten Hidden Squares
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Ten Hidden Squares

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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These points all mark the vertices (corners) of ten hidden squares. Can you find the 10 hidden squares?
Fred the Class Robot
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Fred the Class Robot

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Billy's class had a robot called Fred who could draw with chalk held underneath him. What shapes did the pupils make Fred draw?
Classic cube
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Classic cube

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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The net of a cube is to be cut from a sheet of card 100 cm square. What is the maximum volume cube that can be made from a single piece of card?
Slippage
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Slippage

Age
14 to 16
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A ladder 3m long rests against a wall with one end a short distance from its base. Between the wall and the base of a ladder is a garden storage box 1m tall and 1m high. What is the maximum distance up the wall which the ladder can reach?