Comparing and interpreting data

There are 70 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Comparing and interpreting data
What's the weather like?
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What's the weather like?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Going for Gold in 2012
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Going for Gold in 2012

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Here are the top ten medal winners in the 2012 Olympic Games. How do you think the positions were decided?
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Terrariums

Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
Now and Then
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Now and Then

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. Compare the results for 2012.
Olympic Triathlon
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Olympic Triathlon

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
What's in a name?
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What's in a name?

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

It's a scrabble
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It's a scrabble

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Letters have different values in Scrabble - how are they decided upon? And would the values be the same for other languages?
Going for Gold
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Going for Gold

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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?