text: Resources tagged with: Making and testing hypotheses
  
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  Broad Topics > Mathematical Thinking > Making and testing hypotheses
  
  Cuboid Challenge
  
  Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
  
  What's the largest volume of box you can make from a square of paper?
  
  Arithmagons
  
  Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
  
  Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
  
  Where Can We Visit?
  
  Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  Charlie and Abi put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: x2 and -5. What do you think?
  
  White Box
  
  Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
  
  This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
  
  How Much Can We Spend?
  
  Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  A country has decided to have just two different coins, 3z and 5z coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?
  
  Searching for Mean(ing)
  
  Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
  
  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?
  
  Four Coloured Lights
  
  Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  Imagine a machine with four coloured lights which respond to different rules. Can you find the smallest possible number which will make all four colours light up?
  
  Can They Be Equal?
  
  Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?
  
  Charlie's Delightful Machine
  
  Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
  
  Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?
  
  Poly Plug Rectangles
  
  Age 5 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
  
  In the Bag
  
  Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?
  
  Babylon Numbers
  
  Age 11 to 18 Challenge Level:
  
  Can you make a hypothesis to explain these ancient numbers?
  
  Ishango Bone
  
  Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
  
  Can you decode the mysterious markings on this ancient bone tool?
  
  Troublesome Triangles
  
  Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
  
  Many natural systems appear to be in equilibrium until suddenly a critical point is reached, setting up a mudslide or an avalanche or an earthquake. In this project, students will use a simple. . . .