Being resourceful

  • 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.

  • Mega Quadratic Equations
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    Mega Quadratic Equations

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What do you get when you raise a quadratic to the power of a quadratic?

  • Parabolic Patterns
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    Parabolic Patterns

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The illustration shows the graphs of fifteen functions. Two of them have equations $y=x^2$ and $y=-(x-4)^2$. Find the equations of all the other graphs.

  • Which spinners?
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    Which Spinners?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?

  • Summing geometric progressions
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    Summing Geometric Progressions

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Watch the video to see how to sum the sequence. Can you adapt the method to sum other sequences?

  • Perception versus reality
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    Perception Versus Reality

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?

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    Vector Gem Collector

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Use vectors to collect as many gems as you can and bring them safely home!

  • Trapezium made of wooden tangram pieces, including a square and a parallelogram.
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    Quad in Quad

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Join the midpoints of a quadrilateral to get a new quadrilateral. What is special about it?

  • Iff
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    Iff

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?