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| Link | Investigation Name | Approx. Age Group | Content Strand (** see note) | Description |
| Balancing Columns | 13 | Chance & Data | Visual representation of the mean | |
| Luggage Limits | 13 | Measurement | Dimensions and volume of rectangular prisms | |
| Cube Shapes | 13 | Space | Drawing and Constructing in 3D | |
| Designing Cartons | 14 | Measurement | Optimising surface area for a fixed volume | |
| Sums | 14 | Chance & Data | Finding a quadratic function to fit data | |
| The Last Digit | 14 | Number | Finding modulo patterns in powers | |
| Dotty Rectangles | 15 | Measurement | Areas involving pythagorean theorem | |
| Ill Conditioning | 15 | Algebra | Ill conditioned linear equations graphically | |
| Grid Lock | 15 | Number | Fitting quadratic functions to data | |
| Molecular Structures | 15 | Space | Representing molecules in diagrams | |
| Lines and Regions | 15 | Algebra | Fitting quadratic functions to data | |
| Bearing Changes | 15 | Measurement | Generalising right triangle trigonometry. This file is a free sample - just click on the link to access the file. | |
| Vehicle Separation | 15 | Measurement | Generalising trig. in non right triangles | |
| Shading Squares | 16,17 | Chance & Data | Generalisations based on combinations | |
| Growth and Decay | 16,17 | Algebra | Modelling exponential data | |
| Binomial Theorem | 16,17 | Algebra | Binomial expansions and combinations | |
| Graphs of Y Squared | 16,17 | Algebra | Generalising behaviour of complex functions | |
| catb18 | Sets | 16,17 | Algebra | Properties of sets, Union and Intersection |
| catb19 | Projectile Paths | 16,17 | Space | Mapping paths using component vectors |
| catb20 | Random Variable Statistics | 16,17 | Chance & Data | Mean and standard deviation of continuous random variables |
**Note: The dominant mathematical strand in all investigations is Working Mathematically.
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