Visualising and representing

There are 544 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Visualising and representing

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Vanishing point

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

How can visual patterns be used to prove sums of series?

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Children's Thinking

Dr Sue Gifford outlines different ways in which you might capture young children's mathematical thinking and how to send samples to NRICH.

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Young Children's Mathematical Recording

In this article, Janine Davenall reflects on children's personalised mathematical recordings as part of a small research project based in her Reception class.

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Purposeful Paper Folding

In this article for primary teachers, Fran describes her passion for paper folding as a springboard for mathematics.

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Doubly Consecutive Sums

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

How many numbers less than 2017 are both the sum of two consecutive integers and the sum of five consecutive integers?

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Soma Surface

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

What is the surface area of the solid shown?

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Tennis Training

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

After tennis training, Andy, Roger and Maria collect up the balls. Can you work out how many Andy collects?

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Same Face

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

A cube is rolled on a plane, landing on the squares in the order shown. Which two positions had the same face of the cube touching the surface?

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Travelator

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

When Andrew arrives at the end of the walkway, how far is he ahead of Bill?

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Oldest and Youngest

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

Edith had 9 children at 15 month intervals. If the oldest is now six times as old as the youngest, how old is her youngest child?

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Same Face

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