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Olympic Maths
To celebrate the 2016 Olympic Games, we have brought together these sports-linked challenges for you to try.
Use your reasoning skills to solve these sporty tasks. You will even need to set up your own Olympics running and jumping events for one of them!
Half Time
Age
5 to 11
Challenge Level
What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?
Going for Gold
Age
7 to 11
Challenge Level
Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?
Olympic Starters
Age
7 to 11
Challenge Level
Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?
Match the Matches
Age
7 to 11
Challenge Level
Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches.
Now and Then
Age
7 to 11
Challenge Level
Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. Compare the results for 2012.
Olympic Turns
Age
7 to 11
Challenge Level
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.