Working systematically

There are 549 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Working systematically
Patchwork Quilt
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Patchwork Quilt

Age
7 to 14
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Squares of the type shown are sewn together to make a quilt. How many different quilts can be made?
Three Ball Line Up
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Three Ball Line Up

Age
5 to 7
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Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
Nine-Pin Triangles
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Nine-Pin Triangles

Age
7 to 11
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How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
Triangles all Around
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Triangles all Around

Age
7 to 11
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Can you find all the different triangles on these peg boards, and find their angles?
Late Again
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Late Again

Age
5 to 7
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Moira is late for school. What is the shortest route she can take from the school gates to the entrance?
Nineteen Hexagons
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Nineteen Hexagons

Age
5 to 7
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In this maze of hexagons, you start in the centre at 0. The next hexagon must be a multiple of 2 and the next a multiple of 5. What are the possible paths you could take?
Cuisenaire Counting
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Cuisenaire Counting

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?
Arrangements
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Arrangements

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Is it possible to place 2 counters on the 3 by 3 grid so that there is an even number of counters in every row and every column? How about if you have 3 counters or 4 counters or....?
Stars
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Stars

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?
Isosceles Triangles
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Isosceles Triangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?