Visualising and representing

  • 3D Treasure Hunt
    problem

    3D Treasure Hunt

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Some treasure has been hidden in a three-dimensional grid! Can you work out a strategy to find it as efficiently as possible?

  • Calculating with cosines
    problem

    Calculating With Cosines

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    If I tell you two sides of a right-angled triangle, you can easily work out the third. But what if the angle between the two sides is not a right angle?

  • Vanishing point
    problem

    Vanishing Point

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

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

  • Between
    problem

    Between

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    If you know some points on a line, can you work out other points in between?

  • Set Square
    problem

    Set Square

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A triangle PQR, right angled at P, slides on a horizontal floor with Q and R in contact with perpendicular walls. What is the locus of P?

  • Stonehenge
    problem

    Stonehenge

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Explain why, when moving heavy objects on rollers, the object moves twice as fast as the rollers. Try a similar experiment yourself.

  • Middle Man
    problem

    Middle Man

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Mark a point P inside a closed curve. Is it always possible to find two points that lie on the curve, such that P is the mid point of the line joining these two points?

  • Fitting flat shapes
    problem

    Fitting Flat Shapes

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    How efficiently can various flat shapes be fitted together?
  • Curve match
    problem

    Curve Match

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Which curve is which, and how would you plan a route to pass between them?