this month, Stage 1 & 2

May 2002

 

Problems

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Chain of Changes

Stage:1 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:3Challenge Level:3Challenge Level:3

Arrange the shapes in a line so that you change either colour or shape in the next piece along. Can you find several ways to start with a blue triangle and end with a red circle?

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The Lily Pond

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:1

Freddie Frog visits as many of the leaves as he can on the way to see Sammy Snail but only visits each leaf once. Which is the best way for him to go?

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Coordinate Tan

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:1

What are the coordinates of the coloured dots that mark out the tangram? Try changing the position of the origin. What happens to the coordinates now?

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A Cartesian Puzzle

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:1

Find the missing coordinates which will form these eight quadrilaterals. These coordinates themselves will then form a shape with rotational and line symmetry.

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Transformation Tease

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:1

What are the coordinates of this shape after it has been transformed in the ways described? Compare these with the original coordinates. What do you notice about the numbers?

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Treasure Island

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:1

Write down what you can see at the coordinates of the treasure island map. The words can be used in a special way to find the buried treasure. Can you work out where it is?

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What Are You Plotting?

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:1

Investigate the positions of points which have particular x and y coordinates. What do you notice?

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Teddy Town

Stage:1, 2 and 3 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:2Challenge Level:2

There are nine teddies in Teddy Town - three red, three blue and three yellow. There are also nine houses, three of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?

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World of Tan - Concentrating on Coordinates

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:2Challenge Level:2

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming playing the board game?

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Red Even

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:3Challenge Level:3Challenge Level:3

You have 4 red and 5 blue counters. How many ways can they be placed on a 3 by 3 grid so that all the rows columns and diagonals have an even number of red counters?

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Plate Spotting

Stage:2 Challenge Level:Challenge Level:3Challenge Level:3Challenge Level:3

I was in my car when I noticed a line of four cars on the lane next to me with number plates starting and ending with J, K, L and M. What order were they in?