Visualising and representing

  • 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?

  • How far does it move?
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    How far does it move?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects the distance it travels at each stage.

  • Round and round and round
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    Round and round and round

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000 degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 ÷ 360. How did this help?

  • ACE, TWO, THREE...
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    Ace, two, three...

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you picture how to order the cards to reproduce Charlie's card trick for yourself?

  • Reflecting Lines
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    Reflecting lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Investigate what happens to the equations of different lines when you reflect them in one of the axes. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.

  • Translating Lines
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    Translating lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Investigate what happens to the equation of different lines when you translate them. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.

  • Diminishing Returns
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    Diminishing returns

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How much of the square is coloured blue? How will the pattern continue?

  • Mixing Lemonade
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    Mixing lemonade

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour?

  • Your number was...
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    Your number was...

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?

  • Perimeter Expressions
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    Perimeter expressions

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?