Visualising and representing

  • Blue and White
    problem

    Blue and white

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?

  • Icosian Game
    problem

    Icosian game

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.

  • Coloured Edges
    problem

    Coloured edges

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The whole set of tiles is used to make a square. This has a green and blue border. There are no green or blue tiles anywhere in the square except on this border. How many tiles are there in the set?
  • A green frog.
    problem

    Frogs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?

  • Reflecting Squarely
    problem

    Reflecting squarely

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?

  • Shady Symmetry
    problem

    Shady symmetry

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?

  • Special Numbers
    problem

    Special numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

  • Picturing Square Numbers
    problem

    Picturing square numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?

  • Isosceles Triangles
    problem

    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?