Visualising and representing

  • A cardboard carton of cherries.
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    Fruity Totals

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?

  • Isometric Areas
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    Isometric Areas

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    We usually use squares to measure area, but what if we use triangles instead?

  • Days and Dates
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    Days and Dates

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...

  • Blue and White
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    Blue and White

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?

  • A green frog.
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    Frogs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?

  • Reflecting Squarely
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    Reflecting Squarely

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?

  • Shady Symmetry
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    Shady Symmetry

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?

  • Special Numbers
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    Special Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

  • Picturing Triangular Numbers
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    Picturing Triangular Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What do you notice about the sum of two identical triangular numbers?

  • Picturing Square Numbers
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    Picturing Square Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?