Visualising and representing

  • Rolling Triangle
    problem

    Rolling Triangle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The triangle ABC is equilateral. The arc AB has centre C, the arc BC has centre A and the arc CA has centre B. Explain what happens when this shape rolls along with a plank of wood on top of it.

  • A colourful cube made from wooden pieces of different shapes.
    problem

    Soma - So Good

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you mentally fit the 7 SOMA pieces together to make a cube? Can you do it in more than one way?

  • Framed
    problem

    Framed

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Seven small rectangular pictures have one inch wide frames. The frames are removed and the pictures are fitted together like a jigsaw to make a rectangle of length 12 inches. Find the dimensions of the pictures.

  • Cubist Cuts
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    Cubist Cuts

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A 3×3×3 cube may be reduced to unit cubes in six saw cuts. If after every cut you can rearrange the pieces before cutting straight through, can you do it in fewer?

  • The Cantor Set
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    The Cantor Set

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Take a line segment of length 1. Remove the middle third. Remove the middle thirds of what you have left. Repeat infinitely many times, and you have the Cantor Set. Can you picture it?

  • The Triangle Game
    game

    The Triangle Game

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you discover whether this is a fair game?
  • Sliding Puzzle
    game

    Sliding Puzzle

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
  • What is the question?
    problem

    What Is the Question?

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    These pictures and answers leave the viewer with the problem "What is the Question". Can you give the question and how the answer follows?
  • Charting success
    problem

    Charting Success

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
  • Charting more success
    problem

    Charting More Success

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?