Exploring and noticing

  • Nine Eigen
    problem

    Nine Eigen

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Explore how matrices can fix vectors and vector directions.

  • Inverting Rational Functions
    problem

    Inverting Rational Functions

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Consider these questions concerning inverting rational functions

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    problem

    Integral Arranging

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    How would you sort out these integrals?

  • How fast does it grow?
    problem

    How Fast Does It Grow?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Exponential functions grow pretty quickly...

  • Making Waves
    problem

    Making Waves

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Which is larger cos(sin x) or sin(cos x) ? Does this depend on x ?

  • Pattern Sniffing
    article

    Pattern Sniffing

    This article for primary teachers outlines how we can encourage children to create, identify, extend and explain number patterns and why being able to do so is useful.

  • Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 4. From Strategy Games
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    Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 4. From Strategy Games

    Basic strategy games are particularly suitable as starting points for investigations. Players instinctively try to discover a winning strategy, and usually the best way to do this is to analyse the outcomes of series of 'moves'. With a little encouragement from the teacher, a mathematical investigation is born.

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    Investigating Epidemics

    11 to 16
    1 out of 3

    Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.