Estimating and approximating
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Fruity pairs
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?
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Count the crayons
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
How could you estimate the number of pencils/pens in these pictures?
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Olympic measures
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
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Can you do it too?
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.
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Speed-time problems at the Olympics
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to race against Usain Bolt?
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Discuss and choose
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
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Little man
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?
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A question of scale
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
