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Can you see what the rule is for filling numbers in the hexagons? Continue the pattern using the same rule. If you get it right the bottom row will start 1, 9, 36, 84, …
Shade the hexagons where the number inside is odd all in one colour. Using a contrasting colour, […]
A large piece of land, divided into small plots, belongs to 5 different farmers.
Below is a plan of the area as the land is presently divided.
All the plots labelled (a) belong to farmer (a).
All the plots labelled (s) belong to farmer (s) and so on.
Note: The symbols may be slightly different. Use the subtle differences in the images in working out your answer.
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This puzzle is adapted from puzzlebrain.com.
Describe the picture? What do you notice? Talk with your friends about it. What shapes can you see in it?
Describe the different symmetries. Draw the picture yourself. Draw your own designs using this idea. Can you explain how this 2-dimensional picture appears to show a 3-dimensional object?
You could use paperclip […]
The numbers 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19 are prime numbers. Can you make a total of 60 from four of these numbers?
One of three columns of tally marks on The Ishango Bone gives the answer to this question. Found in the Ishango region of the Democratic Republic of […]
How many triangles can you find? Look carefully, there may be more than you think!
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On Monday Dolly, Kapa and Lolo cut a pizza into equal sized pieces and share the pizza in the ratio 4 : 3 : 5. This means that there were 12 pieces and Dolly ate one third, Kapa ate one quarter and Lolo ate five twelfths of the pizza.
On Tuesday they […]
The input to Function Machine 1 is x. Write down an expression for the output.
If the output is 7 what was the input?
In Function 2, a is constant. If the input is 4 what is the output?
The functions from Function Machines 1 & 2 are combined to give Function […]
The diagram shows a circle centre O with points P, Q, R and S on the circumference. UST is a tangent to the circle. Angle RPS = 44º and angle PSO = 32º.
Find angles xº and yº.
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Whether or not you have plenty of water where you live it is interesting to see how we use water in our homes.
Cape Town in the 2018 dry season has a serious water shortage and water is rationed to 50 litres per person per day, as shown in this poster.
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