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Stats Statements
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Are these statistical statements sometimes, always or never true? Or it is impossible to say?
Time to Evolve 2
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
How is the length of time between the birth of an animal and the birth of its great great ... great grandparent distributed?
Dangerous Driver?
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Was it possible that this dangerous driving penalty was issued in error?
Real-life Equations
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Here are several equations from real life. Can you work out which measurements are possible from each equation?
Bigger or Smaller?
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?
Stirling Work
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
See how enormously large quantities can cancel out to give a good approximation to the factorial function.
Choose Your Units
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Which units would you choose best to fit these situations?
Constantly Changing
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Many physical constants are only known to a certain accuracy. Explore the numerical error bounds in the mass of water and its constituents.
Back Fitter
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
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?
Reaction Rates
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Explore the possibilities for reaction rates versus concentrations with this non-linear differential equation
Approximately Certain
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
Bessel's Equation
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Get further into power series using the fascinating Bessel's equation.
Whose Line Graph Is it Anyway?
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Which line graph, equations and physical processes go together?
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.
Aim High
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
How do you choose your planting levels to minimise the total loss at harvest time?
Taking Trigonometry Series-ly
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Look at the advanced way of viewing sin and cos through their power series.
Scale Invariance
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
By exploring the concept of scale invariance, find the probability that a random piece of real data begins with a 1.
Quorum-sensing
Age 16 to 18 Short
Challenge Level
This problem explores the biology behind Rudolph's glowing red nose.
Differential Equation Matcher
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Match the descriptions of physical processes to these differential equations.
What's That Graph?
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?
What Do Functions Do for Tiny X?
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Looking at small values of functions. Motivating the existence of the Taylor expansion.
Building Approximations for Sin(x)
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Build up the concept of the Taylor series
Population Dynamics Collection
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
This is our collection of tasks on the mathematical theme of 'Population Dynamics' for advanced students and those interested in mathematical modelling.
Pdf Stories
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Invent scenarios which would give rise to these probability density functions.
Construct the Solar System
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Make an accurate diagram of the solar system and explore the concept of a grand conjunction.
Big and Small Numbers in Physics
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.
Square Pair
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Explore the shape of a square after it is transformed by the action of a matrix.
Matrix Meaning
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Explore the meaning behind the algebra and geometry of matrices with these 10 individual problems.
Cross with the Scalar Product
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Explore the meaning of the scalar and vector cross products and see how the two are related.
Crystal Symmetry
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Use vectors and matrices to explore the symmetries of crystals.
Transformations for 10
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Explore the properties of matrix transformations with these 10 stimulating questions.
Polygon Walk
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Go on a vector walk and determine which points on the walk are closest to the origin.
Scientific Curves
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Can you sketch these difficult curves, which have uses in mathematical modelling?
Vector Walk
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?
Fix Me or Crush Me
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Can you make matrices which will fix one lucky vector and crush another to zero?
The Wrong Stats
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Why MUST these statistical statements probably be at least a little bit wrong?
Guessing the Graph
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?
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.
Biology Measurement Challenge
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.
Over-booking
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
The probability that a passenger books a flight and does not turn up is 0.05. For an aeroplane with 400 seats how many tickets can be sold so that only 1% of flights are over-booked?
Root Hunter
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
In this short problem, try to find the location of the roots of some unusual functions by finding where they change sign.
Brimful 2
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Which of these infinitely deep vessels will eventually full up?
Big and Small Numbers in Biology
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.