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Year 11 Conjecturing and generalising

Growing Rectangles
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Growing rectangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?

How old am I?
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How old am I?

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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In 15 years' time my age will be the square of my age 15 years ago. Can you work out my age, and when I had other special birthdays?

Beelines
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Beelines

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Is there a relationship between the coordinates of the endpoints of a line and the number of grid squares it crosses?

The Better Choice
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The better choice

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Here are two games you can play. Which offers the better chance of winning?

Vector journeys
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Vector journeys

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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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?

Two Ladders
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Two ladders

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Two ladders are propped up against facing walls. At what height do the ladders cross?

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Triangles and petals

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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An equilateral triangle rotates around regular polygons and produces an outline like a flower. What are the perimeters of the different flowers?

Same Number!
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Same number!

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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If everyone in your class picked a number from 1 to 225, do you think any two people would pick the same number?

Which is bigger?
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Which is bigger?

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Which is bigger, n+10 or 2n+3? Can you find a good method of answering similar questions?

Multiplication arithmagons
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Multiplication arithmagons

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?

Odds and Evens made fair
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Odds and evens made fair

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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In this follow-up to the problem Odds and Evens, we invite you to analyse a probability situation in order to find the general solution for a fair game.

Difference of Two Squares
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Difference of two squares

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is special about the difference between squares of numbers adjacent to multiples of three?

Square Number Surprises
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Square number surprises

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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There are unexpected discoveries to be made about square numbers...