Posts by: toni
This is a game for two players. It requires a lot of thinking and strategic play.
Each player has 5 counters, bottle tops, buttons or stones that look different from the counters used by the other player.
To win the player must be the first to get his or her 5 counters […]
Replace the letters in FOOT + BALL = GAME with numbers to make the sum correct. Each letter represents a different digit.
Here is one example: F=1, O=9, T=4, B=6, A=5, L=3, G=8, M=2, E=7
How many solutions can you find?
There are 224 solutions altogether.
You can work with pencil and […]
This is not an activity to do on your own. The suggested plan is that you take the discussion points one by one, perhaps one a week, and discuss them at school or at home. You might look at https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus for the latest statistics when you have your discussion.
There is […]
This data from the World Health Organisation portrays the growth in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease. In some countries the pattern appears to be exponential growth. Data is given for the most affected countries and for the two countries in Africa with more than 10 cases.
In one week, new data […]
Complete the calculations in the first list. Then use your answers to find the numbers to fill the boxes in the second list.
What do you notice about the connections between the equations: ☐ × 8 + 1 = 9 etc. and the calculations: (9 – 1) ÷ 8 […]
1. Which one of the graphs represents the function $f(x) = \frac{1}{x}$?
The table below has been jumbled up. Match the graphs labelled f1 to f9 to their equations in the table below and to the descriptions of the transformations of $f(x) = \frac{1}{x}$
Download the worksheet, cut […]
1. ENVELOPE PATTERNS WITH STRAIGHT LINES
These straight lines form a family and the curves that you see, called envelopes, are tangent to each line in the family.
Draw two base lines and mark the same number of points at equal distances along each line. Join the outermost point on one base […]
Start by watching the video https://youtu.be/B2dkNPaTmDY
Each student should have a stage 3 Sierpinski triangle of edge length about 6.5 cm and a colouring pen, and should colour their triangle as shown by the black filling in the small diagram.
The class will make poster of a stage […]
1. If the red square has area 1 square unit. What is the area enclosed by the stage 1 squareflake?
2. What is the area enclosed by the stage 2 squareflake? What about the stages 3 and 4 squareflakes?
3. If replacing each line segment on the edge with the zig-zag is […]
The curve, also known as the ‘snowflake curve’, was invented in 1904 by the Swedish mathematician Helge von Koch.
Take a large piece of backing paper, and either draw an equilateral triangle with edges of length 27 cm or cut a triangle from coloured paper and stick it on […]
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