Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
On the Edge
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On the Edge

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you move the tiles around, can you make squares with different coloured edges?
Tangram Tangle
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Tangram Tangle

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?
Hundred Square
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Hundred Square

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?
Cuboids
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Cuboids

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you find a cuboid that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you find them all?
All Tied Up
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All Tied Up

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A ribbon runs around a box so that it makes a complete loop with two parallel pieces of ribbon on the top. How long will the ribbon be?
The Spider and the Fly
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The Spider and the Fly

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A spider is sitting in the middle of one of the smallest walls in a room and a fly is resting beside the window. What is the shortest distance the spider would have to crawl to catch the fly?
Right or Left?
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Right or Left?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Which of these dice are right-handed and which are left-handed?
Shadow Play
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Shadow Play

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Here are shadows of some 3D shapes. What shapes could have made them?
The Bridges of Konigsberg
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The Bridges of Konigsberg

Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate how networks can be used to solve a problem for the 18th Century inhabitants of Konigsberg.
Tourism
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Tourism

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable. Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.