Being collaborative

  • Efficient cutting
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    Efficient Cutting

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.

  • Up and across
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    Up and Across

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its vertical and horizontal movement at each stage.

  • A Chance to Win?
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    A Chance to Win?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Imagine you were given the chance to win some money... and imagine you had nothing to lose...

  • Diamond Collector
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    Diamond Collector

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Collect as many diamonds as you can by drawing three straight lines.

  • What's it worth?
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    What's It Worth?

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

  • Square It
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    Square It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

  • Vector Racer
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    Vector Racer

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The classic vector racing game.

  • Multiple Surprises
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    Multiple Surprises

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Sequences of multiples keep cropping up...

  • Countdown fractions
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    Countdown Fractions

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Here is a chance to play a fractions version of the classic Countdown Game.

  • Parallelogram It
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    Parallelogram It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.