{"id":9049,"date":"2024-10-16T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/?p=9049"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:20:21","slug":"three-favourite-mathematical-challenges-from-nrich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/?p=9049","title":{"rendered":"Three Favourite Mathematical Challenges from NRICH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9049\" class=\"elementor elementor-9049\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790c56ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"790c56ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21af4422 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21af4422\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5d1f8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b5d1f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NRICHRhombus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9050\" alt=\"Screenshot of a gameboard for the game &#039;Rhombis It&#039; showing a 7 by 7 grid of dots. 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