Being resilient

  • Pythagoras Perimeters
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    Pythagoras Perimeters

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    If you know the perimeter of a right angled triangle, what can you say about the area?

  • Puzzling Place Value
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    Puzzling Place Value

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you explain what is going on in these puzzling number tricks?

  • The square under the hypotenuse
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    The Square Under the Hypotenuse

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you work out the side length of a square that just touches the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle?

  • Ladder and Cube
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    Ladder and Cube

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

  • Latin Numbers
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    Latin Numbers

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you create a Latin Square from multiples of a six digit number?

  • Two blank square picture frames on a wooden floor.
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    2-Digit Square

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A 2-digit number is squared. When this 2-digit number is reversed and squared, the difference between the squares is also a square. What is the 2-digit number?

  • Tet-Trouble
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    Tet-Trouble

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?

  • Angle Trisection
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    Angle Trisection

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    It is impossible to trisect an angle using only ruler and compasses but it can be done using a carpenter's square.

  • Squirty
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    Squirty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Using a ruler, pencil and compasses only, it is possible to construct a square inside any triangle so that all four vertices touch the sides of the triangle.

  • Far Horizon
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    Far Horizon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    An observer is on top of a lighthouse. How far from the foot of the lighthouse is the horizon that the observer can see?