Resources tagged with: Representing
There are 42 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Representing, you may find related items under Thinking mathematically.
Broad Topics > Thinking mathematically > Representing
Picture Your Method
Can you match these calculation methods to their visual representations?
Birthday Sharing
It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?
Finding 3D Stacks
Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?
Dice in a Corner
How could you arrange at least two dice in a stack so that the total of the visible spots is 18?
Let Us Divide!
Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?
Olympic Turns
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.
That Number Square
Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
Going for Gold
Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?
Factorising with Multilink
Can you find out what is special about the dimensions of rectangles you can make with squares, sticks and units?
Vector Journeys
Charlie likes to go for walks around a square park, while Alison likes to cut across diagonally. Can you find relationships between the vectors they walk along?
Always a Multiple?
Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...
Vector Walk
Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?
Sticky Numbers
Can you arrange the numbers 1 to 17 in a row so that each adjacent pair adds up to a square number?
Searching for Mean(ing)
If you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights, how many of each would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg?
Catrina's Cards
How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?
One Big Triangle
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.
Sweetie Box
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
Rod Area
This task challenges you to create symmetrical U shapes out of rods and find their areas.
Young Children's Mathematical Recording
In this article, Janine Davenall reflects on children's personalised mathematical recordings as part of a small research project based in her Reception class.
Representing - Short Problems
A collection of short Stage 3 and 4 problems on Representing.
Primary Children's Mathematical Recording
This article for teachers outlines different types of recording, depending on the purpose and audience.
Trig Reps
Can you deduce the familiar properties of the sine and cosine functions starting from these three different mathematical representations?
Hyperbolic Thinking
Explore the properties of these two fascinating functions using trigonometry as a guide.
Polar Bearings
What on earth are polar coordinates, and why would you want to use them?
Charting More Success
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Charting Success
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
3D Stacks
Can you find a way of representing these arrangements of balls?
Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
Can you work out what simple structures have been dressed up in these advanced mathematical representations?
Painting by Functions
Use functions to create minimalist versions of works of art.
Maths Shop Window
Make a functional window display which will both satisfy the manager and make sense to the shoppers
Children's Mathematical Graphics: Understanding the Key Concept
In this article for teachers, Elizabeth Carruthers and Maulfry Worthington explore the differences between 'recording mathematics' and 'representing mathematical thinking'.
28 - Upward and Onward
Can you find ways of joining cubes together so that 28 faces are visible?
What Is the Question?
These pictures and answers leave the viewer with the problem "What is the Question". Can you give the question and how the answer follows?
Building Gnomons
Build gnomons that are related to the Fibonacci sequence and try to explain why this is possible.
A Flying Holiday
Follow the journey taken by this bird and let us know for how long and in what direction it must fly to return to its starting point.
Dodecamagic
Here you see the front and back views of a dodecahedron. Each vertex has been numbered so that the numbers around each pentagonal face add up to 65. Can you find all the missing numbers?
Gnomon Dimensions
These gnomons appear to have more than a passing connection with the Fibonacci sequence. This problem ask you to investigate some of these connections.
Calendar Capers
Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...