Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

  • Shape Products
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    Shape Products

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    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the multiplication sums to work out what they are?

  • Number Pyramids
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    Number Pyramids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?

  • Two white rectangles on a wooden background, arranged like an equals sign.
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    Can They Be Equal?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?

  • Summing Consecutive Numbers
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    Summing Consecutive Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?

  • Beach Huts
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    Beach Huts

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you figure out how sequences of beach huts are generated?

  • Legs Eleven
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    Legs Eleven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?

  • Think of Two Numbers
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    Think of Two Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?

  • More Number Pyramids
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    More Number Pyramids

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...

  • Seven Squares
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    Seven Squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Watch these videos to see how Phoebe, Alice and Luke chose to draw 7 squares. How would they draw 100?

  • Temperature
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    Temperature

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?