Being resilient

  • 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?

  • Harmonic Triangle
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    Harmonic Triangle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you see how to build a harmonic triangle? Can you work out the next two rows?

  • Mixing More Paints
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    Mixing More Paints

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you find an efficent way to mix paints in any ratio?

  • LCM Sudoku
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    LCM Sudoku

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.

  • Partly Circles
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    Partly Circles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    What is the same and what is different about these circle questions? What connections can you make?

  • Fit for photocopying
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    Fit for Photocopying

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.