Year 11+ Visualising and representing

The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories?

If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable. Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.

A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?

The sums of the squares of three related numbers is also a perfect square - can you explain why?

Can you find the area of a parallelogram defined by two vectors?

In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?

A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a convex quadrilateral. Investigate the different shapes that the quadrilateral can take. Be patient this problem may be slow to load.

A hexagon, with sides alternately a and b units in length, is inscribed in a circle. How big is the radius of the circle?

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 ?

What is the same and what is different about these circle questions? What connections can you make?

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

Watch the video to see how to sum the sequence. Can you adapt the method to sum other sequences?

Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?

Find the sum of this series of surds.

Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.

This problem challenges you to find cubic equations which satisfy different conditions.

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?

Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?

There are many different methods to solve this geometrical problem - how many can you find?

Stick some cubes together to make a cuboid. Find two of the angles by as many different methods as you can devise.