Sequences
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Square spirals
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Warm-up

What do you notice about the diagram below? What questions could you ask about it?

a spiral formed by triangles inside a square

  • What shapes can you see in the diagram?

  • Can you find the area of any of the shapes?

  • Can you see any sequences?

  • What fraction of the whole shape is each colour?

  • Are you making any assumptions in your answers?
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