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Speedy Sidney
Age 11 to 14
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Two trains set off at the same time from each end of a single straight railway line. A very fast bee starts off in front of the first train and flies continuously back and forth between the. . . .
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?
Triathlon and Fitness
Age 11 to 14
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The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories?
How Do You React?
Age 14 to 16
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To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling...
Olympic Measures
Age 11 to 14
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These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
Maths Filler
Age 11 to 14
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Imagine different shaped vessels being filled. Can you work out what the graphs of the water level should look like?
Alternative Record Book
Age 14 to 18
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In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
Does This Sound about Right?
Age 11 to 14
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Examine these estimates. Do they sound about right?
Pinhole Camera
Age 11 to 14
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Make your own pinhole camera for safe observation of the sun, and find out how it works.
Big and Small Numbers in the Living World
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in biological contexts.
Constantly Changing
Age 14 to 16
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Many physical constants are only known to a certain accuracy. Explore the numerical error bounds in the mass of water and its constituents.
Approximately Certain
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
Maths Filler 2
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you draw the height-time chart as this complicated vessel fills with water?
A Question of Scale
Age 14 to 16
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Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
Fill Me Up
Age 11 to 14
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Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?
Bigger or Smaller?
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?
Choose Your Units
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Which units would you choose best to fit these situations?
Big and Small Numbers in Biology
Age 14 to 16
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Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.
Biology Measurement Challenge
Age 14 to 16
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Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.
Counting Dolphins
Age 14 to 16
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How would you go about estimating populations of dolphins?
Investigating the Dilution Series
Age 14 to 16
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Which dilutions can you make using only 10ml pipettes?
Far Horizon
Age 14 to 16
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An observer is on top of a lighthouse. How far from the foot of the lighthouse is the horizon that the observer can see?
Nutrition and Cycling
Age 14 to 16
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Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?
Big and Small Numbers in Chemistry
Age 14 to 16
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Get some practice using big and small numbers in chemistry.
Guessing the Graph
Age 14 to 16
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Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?
Temperature
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?
Chocolate Cake
Age 11 to 14
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If I don't have the size of cake tin specified in my recipe, will the size I do have be OK?
Place Your Orders
Age 11 to 14
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Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?
Designing Table Mats
Age 11 to 16
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Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat.
Big and Small Numbers in Physics
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.
Big and Small Numbers in the Physical World
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in physical contexts.
Immersion
Age 14 to 16
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Various solids are lowered into a beaker of water. How does the water level rise in each case?
Electric Kettle
Age 14 to 16
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Explore the relationship between resistance and temperature
Fill Me up Too
Age 14 to 16
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In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?
3D Drawing
Age 11 to 16
The design technology curriculum requires students to be able to represent 3-dimensional objects on paper. This article introduces some of the mathematical ideas which underlie such methods.
Investigating Epidemics
Age 11 to 16
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Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Toad in the Hole
Age 11 to 14
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Is it cheaper to cook a meal from scratch or to buy a ready meal? What difference does the number of people you're cooking for make?
Perfect Eclipse
Age 14 to 16
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Use trigonometry to determine whether solar eclipses on earth can be perfect.
Construct the Solar System
Age 14 to 18
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Make an accurate diagram of the solar system and explore the concept of a grand conjunction.
Robot Camera
Age 14 to 16
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Could nanotechnology be used to see if an artery is blocked? Or is this just science fiction?
Olympic Records
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Back Fitter
Age 14 to 18
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10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.