Comparing and interpreting data

  • Healthy Snack Shop
    problem

    Healthy snack shop

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What information do you need to know to set up a healthy snack shop for your class?
  • Match the Matches
    problem

    Match the matches

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches.
  • The time is ...
    problem

    The time is ...

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.

  • Now and Then
    problem

    Now and then

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

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    Avalanche!

    7 to 14
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    Investigate how avalanches occur and how they can be controlled

  • Calendar Capers
    problem

    Calendar capers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...
  • Substitution Cipher
    problem

    Substitution cipher

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.

  • problem

    Reaction timer

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.

  • What does random look like?
    problem

    What does random look like?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.

  • Olympic Records
    problem

    Olympic records

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?