Visualising and representing

  • Fibonacci Surprises
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    Fibonacci surprises

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Play around with the Fibonacci sequence and discover some surprising results!

  • Colourful Cube
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    Colourful cube

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A colourful cube is made from little red and yellow cubes. But can you work out how many of each?

  • Puzzling Place Value
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    Puzzling place value

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you explain what is going on in these puzzling number tricks?

  • Display Boards
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    Display boards

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Design an arrangement of display boards in the school hall which fits the requirements of different people.
  • 11x11 square
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    11x11 square

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Here's a neat trick you can do with an 11 by 11 square...
  • Reversals
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    Reversals

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?

  • Box plot match
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    Box plot match

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.

  • Wipeout
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    Wipeout

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?

  • Quadratic Patterns
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    Quadratic patterns

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Surprising numerical patterns can be explained using algebra and diagrams...

  • Pythagoras Perimeters
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    Pythagoras perimeters

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If you know the perimeter of a right angled triangle, what can you say about the area?