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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
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Medal muddle

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11 to 14
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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
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Olympic records

Age
11 to 14
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Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Who's the best?
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Who's the best?

Age
11 to 14
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Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Olympic Measures
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Olympic measures

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

Age
11 to 16
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Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
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Let's use statistics

Age
11 to 16
Use your statistical skills to answer some interesting questions.
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Should I risk it?

Age
11 to 16
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Explore how to use statistics and probability to make informed decisions