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Can you make a set of random data which will fool the computer?
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
Like all sports rankings, the cricket ratings involve some maths. In this case, they use a mathematical technique known as exponential weighting. For those who want to know more, read on.
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
Substitution and Transposition all in one! How fiendish can these codes get?