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Visualising. Interactivities. Factors and multiples. Addition & subtraction. Practical Activity. Working systematically. Selecting and using information. Real world. Games. Sport.There are 14 results
Broad Topics > Thinking Mathematically > Real world
Olympic Cards
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Design your own scoring system and play Trumps with these Olympic Sport cards.
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.
More on Mazes
Age 7 to 14
There is a long tradition of creating mazes throughout history and across the world. This article gives details of mazes you can visit and those that you can tackle on paper.
The Animals' Sports Day
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
One day five small animals in my garden were going to have a sports day. They decided to have a swimming race, a running race, a high jump and a long jump.
Curve Spotting
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you spot circles, spirals and other types of curves in these photos?
Path to Where?
Age 5 to 7 Challenge Level:
Can you imagine where I could have walked for my path to look like this?
Performing Beyond Expectations - Using Sport to Motivate Students in Mathematics Lessons
Age 7 to 16
In this article, Alan Parr shares his experiences of the motivating effect sport can have on the learning of mathematics.
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.
Problem Solving, Using and Applying and Functional Mathematics
Age 5 to 18 Challenge Level:
Problem solving is at the heart of the NRICH site. All the problems give learners opportunities to learn, develop or use mathematical concepts and skills. Read here for more information.
Tiles in a Public Building
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
What is the same and what is different about these tiling patterns and how do they contribute to the floor as a whole?
What Is the Time?
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.
Mathematical Patchwork
Age 7 to 14
Jenny Murray describes the mathematical processes behind making patchwork in this article for students.
Observing the Sun and the Moon
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
May the Best Person Win
Age 5 to 16
How can people be divided into groups fairly for events in the Paralympics, for school sports days, or for subject sets?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.