
Visualising and representing
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problemA 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?
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The spider and the fly
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?
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Far horizon
An observer is on top of a lighthouse. How far from the foot of the lighthouse is the horizon that the observer can see?
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The bridges of Konigsberg
Investigate how networks can be used to solve a problem for the 18th Century inhabitants of Konigsberg.
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Tourism
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.
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Travelling salesman
A Hamiltonian circuit is a continuous path in a graph that passes through each of the vertices exactly once and returns to the start. How many Hamiltonian circuits can you find in these graphs? -
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Tetrahedra tester
An irregular tetrahedron is composed of four different triangles. Can such a tetrahedron be constructed where the side lengths are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 units of length?
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Painted cube
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?
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Paw prints
A dog is looking for a good place to bury his bone. Can you work out where he started and ended in each case? What possible routes could he have taken?