Visualising and representing

There are 554 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing
Dicey
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Dicey

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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A game has a special dice with a colour spot on each face. These three pictures show different views of the same dice. What colour is opposite blue?
Map Folding
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Map Folding

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Take a rectangle of paper and fold it in half, and half again, to make four smaller rectangles. How many different ways can you fold it up?
Green Cube, Yellow Cube
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Green Cube, Yellow Cube

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How can you paint the faces of these eight cubes so they can be put together to make a 2 x 2 x 2 cube that is green all over AND a 2 x 2 x 2 cube that is yellow all over?
Christmas Boxes
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Christmas Boxes

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Find all the ways to cut out a 'net' of six squares that can be folded into a cube.
Quadrilaterals
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Quadrilaterals

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?
Single Track
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Single Track

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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What is the best way to shunt these carriages so that each train can continue its journey?
Shunting Puzzle
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Shunting Puzzle

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you shunt the trucks so that the Cattle truck and the Sheep truck change places and the Engine is back on the main line?
Square to L
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Square to L

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Find a way to cut a 4 by 4 square into only two pieces, then rejoin the two pieces to make an L shape 6 units high.
Flight of the Flibbins
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Flight of the Flibbins

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Blue Flibbins are so jealous of their red partners that they will not leave them on their own with any other bue Flibbin. What is the quickest way of getting the five pairs of Flibbins safely to the new planet?