Being resourceful

  • 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?

  • Bendy Quad
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    Bendy Quad

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a convex quadrilateral. Investigate the different shapes that the quadrilateral can take. Be patient this problem may be slow to load.

  • 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?

  • Compare Areas
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    Compare Areas

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square, inscribed in an isosceles right angle triangle?

  • 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?

  • Napkin
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    Napkin

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A napkin is folded so that a corner coincides with the midpoint of an opposite edge. Investigate the three triangles formed.

  • Hexy-Metry
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    Hexy-Metry

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A hexagon, with sides alternately a and b units in length, is inscribed in a circle. How big is the radius of the circle?

  • 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?