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Processing and representing data. Interactivities. Making and testing hypotheses. Averages. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Visualising. Generalising. Interpreting data. Handling data.There are 32 results
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Charting Success
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Charting More Success
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Substitution Cipher
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
What's the Weather Like?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Football Crazy Hockey Mad
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
In a league of 5 football teams which play in a round robin tournament show that it is possible for all five teams to be league leaders.
Coordinates and Descartes
Age 7 to 16
Have you ever wondered how maps are made? Or perhaps who first thought of the idea of designing maps? We're here to answer these questions for you.
Estimating Time
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
Picturing the World
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
How can we make sense of national and global statistics involving very large numbers?
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?
May the Best Person Win
Age 5 to 16
How can people be divided into groups fairly for events in the Paralympics, for school sports days, or for subject sets?
Which List Is Which?
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
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.
Who's the Best?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
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?
Zin Obelisk
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
In the ancient city of Atlantis a solid rectangular object called a Zin was built in honour of the goddess Tina. Your task is to determine on which day of the week the obelisk was completed.
A Population Survey
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
A geographical survey: answer the tiny questionnaire and then analyse all the collected responses...
One Variable, Two Variable, Three Variable, More
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Displaying one-variable and two-variable data can be straightforward; what about three or more?
Where Are You Flying?
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?
Terrariums
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
Statistics - Maths of Real Life
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
This pilot collection of resources is designed to introduce key statistical ideas and help students to deepen their understanding.
Substitution Transposed
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Substitution and Transposition all in one! How fiendish can these codes get?
Data Matching
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
Retiring to Paradise
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
When Charlie retires, he's looking forward to the quiet life, whereas Alison wants a busy and exciting retirement. Can you advise them on where they should go?
Football World Cup Simulation
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
Perception Versus Reality
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
Avalanche!
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Investigate how avalanches occur and how they can be controlled
Do You Brush Your Teeth Every Day?
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
How can we find out answers to questions like this if people often lie?
Observing the Sun and the Moon
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.