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Angles - points, lines and parallel lines. Comparing data. Mass and weight. Time. Length/distance. Speed and acceleration. Visualising. Addition & subtraction. Clock. Working systematically.There are 32 results
Broad Topics > Handling, Processing and Representing Data > Handling data
In the Bag
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?
Winning Team
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Nine cross country runners compete in a team competition in which there are three matches. If you were a judge how would you decide who would win?
M, M and M
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?
The Car That Passes
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?
In the Playground
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
Inspector Morse
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
You may like to read the article on Morse code before attempting this question. Morse's letter analysis was done over 150 years ago, so might there be a better allocation of symbols today?
Estimating Time
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
Shifting Average
Age 11 to 14 Short Challenge Level:
What happens to the average if you subtract 8 from all of the numbers?
Reaction Timer
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
A Random Rambling Rant
Age 5 to 18
A random ramble for teachers through some resources that might add a little life to a statistics class.
Who's the Best?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Planning a School Trip
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
About Average
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you find sets of numbers which satisfy each of our mean, median, mode and range conditions?
Olympic Records
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Searching for Mean(ing)
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Imagine you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights. How many of each weight would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg? What other averages could you have?
Wipeout
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?
Substitution Cipher
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
Being Collaborative - Primary Statistics
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Statistics problems for primary learners to work on with others.
Being Curious - Primary Statistics
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Statistics problems for inquiring primary learners.
Being Resourceful - Primary Statistics
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Statistics problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Being Resilient - Primary Statistics
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Statistics problems at primary level that may require resilience.
Litov's Mean Value Theorem
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
Meaningful Statistics
Age 5 to 11
This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.
Half a Minute
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Anna, Ben and Charlie have been estimating 30 seconds. Who is the best?
Secondary Cipher Challenge Part 1
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
What's the Weather Like?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Enriching Data Handling
Age 5 to 11
This article for teachers looks at some suggestions taken from the NRICH website that offer a broad view of data and ask some more probing questions about it.
Statistical Shorts
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you decide whether these short statistical statements are always, sometimes or never true?
How Would You Score It?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.
History of Morse
Age 7 to 18
This short article gives an outline of the origins of Morse code and its inventor and how the frequency of letters is reflected in the code they were given.
Helicopters
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Design and test a paper helicopter. What is the best design?
Unequal Averages
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Play around with sets of five numbers and see what you can discover about different types of average...
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.