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Always Perfect
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level 
Part 1
Have you tried some simple cases to see if there is a pattern?
Can you adapt Charlie's and Claire's methods to prove your conjectures for parts (b), (c) and (d)?
Part 2
How could you write four consecutive numbers?
Can you use a table/grid to help you factorise your expression?
In the video below, Claire shows how you could factorise a quartic expression.
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