Converting between units

  • Uniform units
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    Uniform units

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you choose your units so that a cube has the same numerical value for it volume, surface area and total edge length?
  • At the pumps
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    At the pumps

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How will you find out how much a tank of petrol costs?
  • Weighing fruit
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    Weighing fruit

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you use this information to estimate how much the different fruit selections weigh in kilos and pounds?
  • Olympic Measures
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    Olympic measures

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?

  • All in a jumble
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    All in a jumble

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    My measurements have got all jumbled up! Swap them around and see if you can find a combination where every measurement is valid.

  • Bigger or smaller?
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    Bigger or smaller?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?
  • Choose your units
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    Choose your units

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Which units would you choose best to fit these situations?
  • Carbon footprints
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    Carbon footprints

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Is it really greener to go on the bus, or to buy local?
  • Nutrition and Cycling
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    Nutrition and cycling

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?