Visualising and representing

  • Stars
    problem

    Stars

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?

  • Mixing Paints
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    Mixing paints

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out how to produce different shades of pink paint?

  • Speeding up, slowing down
    problem

    Speeding up, slowing down

    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 its speed at each stage.

  • Squares in rectangles
    problem

    Squares in rectangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What sizes of rectangle contain exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?

  • Route to infinity
    problem

    Route to infinity

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?

  • Triangle Numbers
    problem

    Triangle numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Take a look at the multiplication square. The first eleven triangle numbers have been identified. Can you see a pattern? Does the pattern continue?

  • Maths filler
    problem

    Maths filler

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Imagine different shaped vessels being filled. Can you work out what the graphs of the water level should look like?

  • Christmas chocolates
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    Christmas chocolates

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there are in different sized boxes?

  • The Tower of Hanoi - three wooden poles, with several coloured rings of decreasing sizes on the middle pole.
    problem

    Tower of Hanoi

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.

  • Fill Me Up
    problem

    Fill me up

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?