Year 11+ Being resilient

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    Shopping Basket

    Age
    11 to 16
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    The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?

  • Expenses
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    Expenses

    Age
    14 to 16
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    What is the largest number which, when divided into these five numbers in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?

  • Why 24?
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    Why 24?

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Take any prime number greater than 3 , square it and subtract one. Working on the building blocks will help you to explain what is special about your results.

  • Perfectly Square
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    Perfectly Square

    Age
    14 to 16
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    The sums of the squares of three related numbers is also a perfect square - can you explain why?

  • Areas of parallelograms
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    Areas of Parallelograms

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    14 to 16
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    Can you find the area of a parallelogram defined by two vectors?

  • Mathsland National Lottery
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    Mathsland National Lottery

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery?

  • Ladder and Cube
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    Ladder and Cube

    Age
    14 to 16
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    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?

  • Two blank square picture frames on a wooden floor.
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    2-Digit Square

    Age
    14 to 16
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    A 2-digit number is squared. When this 2-digit number is reversed and squared, the difference between the squares is also a square. What is the 2-digit number?

  • Difference Sudoku
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    Difference Sudoku

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.

  • Vector walk
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    Vector Walk

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?

  • Mega Quadratic Equations
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    Mega Quadratic Equations

    Age
    14 to 18
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    What do you get when you raise a quadratic to the power of a quadratic?

  • Exploring cubic functions
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    Exploring Cubic Functions

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Quadratic graphs are very familiar, but what patterns can you explore with cubics?

  • Always Perfect
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    Always Perfect

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.

  • Curve fitter
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    Curve Fitter

    Age
    14 to 18
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    This problem challenges you to find cubic equations which satisfy different conditions.

  • Back fitter
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    Back Fitter

    Age
    14 to 18
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    10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?