{"id":1435,"date":"2018-06-06T13:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2018\/?page_id=1435"},"modified":"2021-11-29T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:56:50","slug":"maths-magic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/maths-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0%;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:30px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Carrois Gothic&quot;;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.2;\">Maths Magic<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#eaeaea;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.70;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;border-width:1px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<p>Ages: 4-18 years<br \/>\nMaterials: paper, pens<br \/>\nTime: 1-2 hrs<br \/>\nComplexity: easy to mid-level<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-content-boxes-1 .heading .content-box-heading {color:#191919;}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 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style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#707070;\">\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-description\" class=\"documentDescription\">You may be surprised to learn that there is a lot of mathematics behind magic, and by giving your students maths magic tricks to investigate, you and your class can learn new applications of mathematics and become maths magicians! You will find that these activities can be engaging for even the most reluctant maths student.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"viewlet-above-content-body\">The following simple illusion is just one example that intrigues young and old alike. Cut along the dotted line and slide the lower half along by one face and magically one of the faces vanishes! Challenge your students to draw their own illusion. 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class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:23px;line-height:28px;\">Hooper\u0092s Paradox<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#707070;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2017\/puzzles\/HoopersParadoxmagic.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This set of four pieces is called Hooper\u0092s Paradox. The top rectangle has an of area of 30 (10&#215;3) and can be rearranged into the bottom shape, which is made up of two rectangles. Strangely these two rectangles have a combined area of 32 (2&#215;6 + 4&#215;5 ). 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