Being resourceful

  • Standard Index Form Matching
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    Standard Index Form Matching

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you match these calculations in Standard Index Form with their answers?

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles Seven

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Is it possible to find the angles in this rather special isosceles triangle?

  • Picture Story
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    Picture Story

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you see how this picture illustrates the formula for the sum of the first six cube numbers?

  • Three cubes
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    Three Cubes

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you work out the dimensions of the three cubes?

  • Small pepper seedlings in turquoise pots.
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    Triangle Midpoints

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?

  • Five green equilateral triangles, arranged to almost make a complete pentagon.
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    Doesn't Add Up

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    In this problem we are faced with an apparently easy area problem, but it has gone horribly wrong! What happened?

  • Expenses
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    Expenses

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What is the largest number which, when divided into these five numbers in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?

  • Plus Minus
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    Plus Minus

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you explain the surprising results Jo found when she calculated the difference between square numbers?

  • Sitting Pretty
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    Sitting Pretty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?

  • Of all the areas
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    Of All the Areas

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you find a general rule for finding the areas of equilateral triangles drawn on an isometric grid?