Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae

  • Always a multiple?
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    Always a Multiple?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...

  • Quadrilaterals in a Square
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    Quadrilaterals in a Square

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What's special about the area of quadrilaterals drawn in a square?

  • Reversals
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    Reversals

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Where should you start, if you want to finish back where you started?

  • Fibonacci Surprises
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    Fibonacci Surprises

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Play around with the Fibonacci sequence and discover some surprising results!

  • How Many Miles To Go?
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    How Many Miles to Go?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?

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    Marbles in a Box

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?

  • Pythagoras Proofs
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    Pythagoras Proofs

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?

  • Pair Products
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    Pair Products

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Choose four consecutive whole numbers. Multiply the first and last numbers together. Multiply the middle pair together. What do you notice?

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    Salinon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?

  • Finding factors
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    Finding Factors

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find the hidden factors which multiply together to produce each quadratic expression?