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Mathematical Trickery
These resources, from the Maths Careers website, looks at the maths behind a variety of magic tricks and was created in conjunction with More Maths Grads and the University of Leeds. Tricks and ideas include those from Rob Eastaway, Johnny Ball and others.
The resource package includes a PowerPoint presentation, teacher information and a series of worksheets explaining the methods involved in each of the tricks.
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Mathematical trickery (presentation) 653.5 KB
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All the aces (worksheet) 138.51 KB
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Magic matrix (worksheet) 31.79 KB
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Number puzzles (worksheet) 45.36 KB