Working systematically

  • Stars
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    Stars

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you work out what step size to take to ensure you visit all the dots on the circle?

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    Right Angles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?

  • Shapely pairs
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    Shapely Pairs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A game in which players take it in turns to turn up two cards. If they can draw a triangle which satisfies both properties they win the pair of cards. And a few challenging questions to follow...

  • Two's company
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    Two's Company

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Seven balls are shaken. You win if the two blue balls end up touching. What is the probability of winning?

  • Cosy corner
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    Cosy Corner

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Six balls are shaken. You win if at least one red ball ends in a corner. What is the probability of winning?

  • Speeding up, slowing down
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    Speeding Up, Slowing Down

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its speed at each stage.

  • 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?

  • Factors and Multiples Puzzle
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    Factors and Multiples Puzzle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?

  • Weights
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    Weights

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?

  • Power mad!
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    Power Mad!

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Powers of numbers behave in surprising ways. Take a look at some of these and try to explain why they are true.