Being resilient

  • The Farmers' Field Boundary
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    The Farmers' Field Boundary

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?

  • What numbers can we make now?
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    What Numbers Can We Make Now?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?

  • Differences
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    Differences

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you guarantee that, for any three numbers you choose, the product of their differences will always be an even number?

  • Triangles to Tetrahedra
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    Triangles to Tetrahedra

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?

  • How Many Miles To Go?
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    How Many Miles to Go?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?

  • Cuboids
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    Cuboids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you find a cuboid that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you find them all?

  • Litov's Mean Value Theorem
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    Litov's Mean Value Theorem

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...

  • Consecutive negative numbers
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    Consecutive Negative Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?

  • the greedy algorithm
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    The Greedy Algorithm

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. The Greedy Algorithm might provide us with an efficient way of doing this.