Comparing and interpreting data

There are 70 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Comparing and interpreting data
Box plot match
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Box plot match

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14 to 16
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Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
Half a minute
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Half a minute

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11 to 14
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Anna, Ben and Charlie have been estimating 30 seconds. Who is the best?
Estimating time
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Estimating time

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11 to 14
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How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
What's the weather like?
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What's the weather like?

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11 to 14
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With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Olympic Triathlon
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Olympic triathlon

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14 to 16
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Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
Now and Then
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Now and then

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7 to 11
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Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

What's in a name?
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What's in a name?

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5 to 7
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Here's a very elementary code that requires young children to read a table, and look for similarities and differences.

Our Sports
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Our sports

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7 to 11
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This problem explores the range of events in a sports day and which ones are the most popular and attract the most entries.

Going for Gold
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Going for gold

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7 to 11
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Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?

Class 5's names
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Class 5's names

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7 to 11
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Class 5 were looking at the first letter of each of their names. They created different charts to show this information. Can you work out which member of the class was away on that day?