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Who's the Best?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Olympic Triathlon
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
Olympic Records
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Training Schedule
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The heptathlon is an athletics competition consisting of 7 events. Can you make sense of the scoring system in order to advise a heptathlete on the best way to reach her target?
Decathlon: the Art of Scoring Points
Age 14 to 18
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
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.
Stadium Sightline
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
How would you design the tiering of seats in a stadium so that all spectators have a good view?
Olympic Logic
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
The Fastest Cyclist
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Andy is desperate to reach John o'Groats first. Can you devise a winning race plan?
Nutrition and Cycling
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?
The Olympic Torch Tour
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Imagine you had to plan the tour for the Olympic Torch. Is there an efficient way of choosing the shortest possible route?
Who's the Winner?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
When two closely matched teams play each other, what is the most likely result?
Sport Collection
Age 5 to 18 Challenge Level:
This is our collection of favourite mathematics and sport materials.
What's the Point of Squash?
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Under which circumstances would you choose to play to 10 points in a game of squash which is currently tied at 8-all?
High Jumping
Age 14 to 18
How high can a high jumper jump? How can a high jumper jump higher without jumping higher? Read on...
Alternative Record Book
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
Track Design
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?
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?
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?
Olympic Measures
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.