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  • Compare Areas
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    Compare Areas

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square, inscribed in an isosceles right angle triangle?

  • Tet-Trouble
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    Tet-Trouble

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?

  • Squirty
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    Squirty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Using a ruler, pencil and compasses only, it is possible to construct a square inside any triangle so that all four vertices touch the sides of the triangle.

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    Funnel

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A plastic funnel is used to pour liquids through narrow apertures. What shape funnel would use the least amount of plastic to manufacture for any specific volume ?

  • LCM Sudoku
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    LCM Sudoku

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.

  • LCM Sudoku II
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    LCM Sudoku II

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    You are given the Lowest Common Multiples of sets of digits. Find the digits and then solve the Sudoku.

  • Parabolic Patterns
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    Parabolic Patterns

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The illustration shows the graphs of fifteen functions. Two of them have equations $y=x^2$ and $y=-(x-4)^2$. Find the equations of all the other graphs.

  • Vector walk
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    Vector Walk

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?

  • Take a message soldier
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    Take a Message Soldier

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A messenger runs from the rear to the head of a marching column and back. When he gets back, the rear is where the head was when he set off. What is the ratio of his speed to that of the column?

  • Snooker Frames
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    Snooker Frames

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    It is believed that weaker snooker players have a better chance of winning matches over eleven frames (i.e. first to win 6 frames) than they do over fifteen frames. Is this true?