Gradients

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    At Right Angles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you decide whether two lines are perpendicular or not? Can you do this without drawing them?

  • Surprising Transformations
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    Surprising Transformations

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    I took the graph y=4x+7 and performed four transformations. Can you find the order in which I could have carried out the transformations?

  • Which is bigger?
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    Which Is Bigger?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Which is bigger, n+10 or 2n+3? Can you find a good method of answering similar questions?

  • Ladder and Cube
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    Ladder and Cube

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

  • Parabella
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    Parabella

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This is a beautiful result involving a parabola and parallels.

  • Lying and Cheating
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    Lying and Cheating

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Follow the instructions and you can take a rectangle, cut it into 4 pieces, discard two small triangles, put together the remaining two pieces and end up with a rectangle the same size. Try it!

  • Electric Kettle
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    Electric Kettle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Explore the relationship between resistance and temperature

  • Mediant madness
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    Mediant Madness

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Kyle and his teacher disagree about his test score - who is right?

  • Small pepper seedlings in orange pots.
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    Triangular Slope

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Can you find the gradients of the lines that form a triangle?

  • From all corners
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    From All Corners

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Straight lines are drawn from each corner of a square to the mid points of the opposite sides. Express the area of the octagon that is formed at the centre as a fraction of the area of the square.