Reflections

  • Footprints
    problem

    Footprints

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Make a footprint pattern using only reflections.
  • Reflect Again
    problem

    Reflect Again

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Follow hints to investigate the matrix which gives a reflection of the plane in the line y=tanx. Show that the combination of two reflections in intersecting lines is a rotation.
  • Star Find
    problem

    Star Find

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you see which tile is the odd one out in this design? Using the basic tile, can you make a repeating pattern to decorate our wall?
  • HexPentas
    problem

    HexPentas

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many different ways can you find of fitting five hexagons together? How will you know you have found all the ways?

  • Times
    problem

    Times

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Which times on a digital clock have a line of symmetry? Which look the same upside-down? You might like to try this investigation and find out!
  • Transforming the Letters
    problem

    Transforming the Letters

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What happens to these capital letters when they are rotated through one half turn, or flipped sideways and from top to bottom?
  • What Am I?
    problem

    What Am I?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you draw the shape that is being described by these cards?

  • Penta Play
    game

    Penta Play

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A shape and space game for 2, 3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board.

  • Transformation Tease
    problem

    Transformation Tease

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What are the coordinates of this shape after it has been transformed in the ways described? Compare these with the original coordinates. What do you notice about the numbers?
  • Building with rods
    problem

    Building With Rods

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In how many ways can you stack these rods, following the rules?