Describing patterns and sequences

  • 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?

  • Growing Surprises
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    Growing Surprises

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find the connections between linear and quadratic patterns?

  • 1 Step 2 Step
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    1 Step 2 Step

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?

  • Farey Sequences
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    Farey Sequences

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    There are lots of ideas to explore in these sequences of ordered fractions.

  • Coordinate Patterns
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    Coordinate Patterns

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Charlie and Alison have been drawing patterns on coordinate grids. Can you picture where the patterns lead?

  • Squares in rectangles
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    Squares in Rectangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What sizes of rectangle contain exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?

  • Triangle Numbers
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    Triangle Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Take a look at the multiplication square. The first eleven triangle numbers have been identified. Can you see a pattern? Does the pattern continue?

  • The Tower of Hanoi - three wooden poles, with several coloured rings of decreasing sizes on the middle pole.
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    Tower of Hanoi

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.

  • 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?

  • Impossibilities
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    Impossibilities

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Just because a problem is impossible doesn't mean it's difficult...