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Quorum-sensing
Age 16 to 18 Short Challenge Level:
This problem explores the biology behind Rudolph's glowing red nose.
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.
Approximately Certain
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
Choose Your Units
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Which units would you choose best to fit these situations?
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.
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.
Bigger or Smaller?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?
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.
Counting Dolphins
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
How would you go about estimating populations of dolphins?
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.
Reaction Rates
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Explore the possibilities for reaction rates versus concentrations with this non-linear differential equation
Taking Trigonometry Series-ly
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Look at the advanced way of viewing sin and cos through their power series.
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.
Big and Small Numbers in Chemistry
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Get some practice using big and small numbers in chemistry.
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?
Building Approximations for Sin(x)
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Build up the concept of the Taylor series
Biology Measurement Challenge
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.
Bessel's Equation
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Get further into power series using the fascinating Bessel's equation.
A Question of Scale
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
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?
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.
Dangerous Driver?
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Was it possible that this dangerous driving penalty was issued in error?
Whose Line Graph Is it Anyway?
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Which line graph, equations and physical processes go together?
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?
Stats Statements
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Are these statistical statements sometimes, always or never true? Or it is impossible to say?
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.
Differential Equation Matcher
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Match the descriptions of physical processes to these differential equations.
Crystal Symmetry
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Use vectors and matrices to explore the symmetries of crystals.
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?
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.
Electric Kettle
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Explore the relationship between resistance and temperature
Perfect Eclipse
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use trigonometry to determine whether solar eclipses on earth can be perfect.
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.
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?
How Do You React?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling...
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.
Robot Camera
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Could nanotechnology be used to see if an artery is blocked? Or is this just science fiction?
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.
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.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.