Year 11 Visualising and representing

  • Partly Circles
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    Partly Circles

    Age
    14 to 16
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    What is the same and what is different about these circle questions? What connections can you make?

  • Vector journeys
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    Vector Journeys

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Charlie likes to go for walks around a square park, while Alison likes to cut across diagonally. Can you find relationships between the vectors they walk along?

  • Perception versus reality
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    Perception Versus Reality

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?

  • Vector walk
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    Vector Walk

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?

  • Summing geometric progressions
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    Summing Geometric Progressions

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Watch the video to see how to sum the sequence. Can you adapt the method to sum other sequences?

  • Kite in a Square
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    Kite in a Square

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Can you make sense of the three methods to work out what fraction of the total area is shaded?

  • Iff
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    Iff

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?

  • Always Perfect
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    Always Perfect

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.

  • Curve fitter
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    Curve Fitter

    Age
    14 to 18
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    This problem challenges you to find cubic equations which satisfy different conditions.

  • Back fitter
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    Back Fitter

    Age
    14 to 18
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    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?

  • What's that graph?
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    What's That Graph?

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?

  • Three by One
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    Three by One

    Age
    16 to 18
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    There are many different methods to solve this geometrical problem - how many can you find?

  • Areas and Ratios
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    Areas and Ratios

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Do you have enough information to work out the area of the shaded quadrilateral?

  • Cubestick
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    Cubestick

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Stick some cubes together to make a cuboid. Find two of the angles by as many different methods as you can devise.