Visualising and representing

  • Vector journeys
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    Vector journeys

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Charlie likes to go for walks around a square park, while Alison likes to cut across diagonally. Can you find relationships between the vectors they walk along?

  • Which spinners?
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    Which spinners?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?

  • Summing geometric progressions
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    Summing geometric progressions

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Watch the video to see how to sum the sequence. Can you adapt the method to sum other sequences?

  • Perception versus reality
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    Perception versus reality

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?

  • Curve Hunter
    problem

    Curve hunter

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This problem challenges you to sketch curves with different properties.

  • Iff
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    Iff

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?

  • 3D Treasure Hunt
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    3D treasure hunt

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Some treasure has been hidden in a three-dimensional grid! Can you work out a strategy to find it as efficiently as possible?

  • Back fitter
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    Back fitter

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?

  • What's that graph?
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    What's that graph?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?