Year 9 Exploring and noticing

  • Xavi's T-shirt
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    Xavi's T-Shirt

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How much can you read into a T-shirt?

  • Days and Dates
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    Days and Dates

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...

  • Largest product
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    Largest Product

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Which set of numbers that add to 100 have the largest product?

  • Some old-fashioned cinema tickets.
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    Cinema Problem

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A cinema has 100 seats. How can ticket sales make £100 for these different combinations of ticket prices?

  • Special Numbers
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    Special Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

  • Tilted Squares
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    Tilted Squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?

  • How far does it move?
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    How Far Does It Move?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

  • Parallel lines
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    Parallel Lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How does the position of the line affect the equation of the line? What can you say about the equations of parallel lines?

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    In the Bag

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?

  • Elevenses
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    Elevenses

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?

  • Reflecting Lines
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    Reflecting Lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Investigate what happens to the equations of different lines when you reflect them in one of the axes. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.

  • Translating Lines
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    Translating Lines

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Investigate what happens to the equation of different lines when you translate them. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.

  • What does random look like?
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    What Does Random Look Like?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.

  • 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?

  • Think of Two Numbers
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    Think of Two Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?

  • Sending a Parcel
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    Sending a Parcel

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?

  • Square coordinates
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    Square Coordinates

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?

  • Subtended angles
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    Subtended Angles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What is the relationship between the angle at the centre and the angles at the circumference, for angles which stand on the same arc? Can you prove it?

  • 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?

  • Mixing Paints
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    Mixing Paints

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you work out how to produce different shades of pink paint?

  • 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.

  • Twisting and Turning
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    Twisting and Turning

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Take a look at the video and try to find a sequence of moves that will untangle the ropes.

  • What's the weather like?
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    What's the Weather Like?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?

  • Star Polygons
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    Star Polygons

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Draw some stars and measure the angles at their points. Can you find and prove a result about their sum?

  • Terminating or not
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    Terminating or Not

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Is there a quick way to work out whether a fraction terminates or recurs when you write it as a decimal?

  • 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?

  • Up and across
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    Up and Across

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

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

  • Litov's Mean Value Theorem
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    Litov's Mean Value Theorem

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...

  • Diamond Collector
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    Diamond Collector

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Collect as many diamonds as you can by drawing three straight lines.