Working systematically

  • Snooker Frames
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    Snooker frames

    Age
    16 to 18
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    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?

  • t for Tan
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    T for tan

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a way to prove the trig identities using a diagram?

  • Twin Equivalent Sudoku
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    Twin equivalent Sudoku

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This Sudoku problem consists of a pair of linked standard Sudoku puzzles each with some starting digits.

  • Thinking Mathematically - Short Problems
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    Cannon balls

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How high will a ball taking a million seconds to fall travel?

  • Thinking Mathematically - Short Problems
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    Solve me!

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you use numerical methods to solve this equation to 1 decimal place?

  • Trig identity
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    Trig identity

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    In this short challenge, can you use angle properties in a circle to figure out some trig identities?

  • Thinking Mathematically - Short Problems
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    AP train

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    An arithmetic progression is shifted and shortened, but its sum remains the same...

  • Archimedes Numerical Roots
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    Archimedes numerical roots

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots?

  • The right volume
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    The right volume

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you rotate a curve to make a volume of 1?

  • Function Pyramids
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    Function pyramids

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A function pyramid is a structure where each entry in the pyramid is determined by the two entries below it. Can you figure out how the pyramid is generated?