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Maths for Champions
Maths for Champions
Are you looking forward to the Rio Olympics? To get you in the mood, we have chosen some of our favourite maths activities about running fast, jumping high, throwing far and striving to be the best!
Medal Muddle
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Countries from across the world competed in a sports tournament. Can you devise an efficient strategy to work out the order in which they finished?
Olympic Records
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Who's the Best?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Olympic Measures
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
Charting Success
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
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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