Estimating and approximating

  • Silver Line
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    Silver line

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 40 - 2008
    A class raises money for charity by placing 10p pieces edge to edge in a 'silver line'. If the line was 25m long, how much money did they make?
  • Where am I?
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    Where am I?

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    From the information you are asked to work out where the picture was taken. Is there too much information? How accurate can your answer be?

  • Time to evolve
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    Time to evolve

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How many generations would link an evolutionist to a very distant ancestor?
  • More or less?
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    More or less?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Are these estimates of physical quantities accurate?
  • Big and small numbers in biology
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    Big and small numbers in biology

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.

  • All in a jumble
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    All in a jumble

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    My measurements have got all jumbled up! Swap them around and see if you can find a combination where every measurement is valid.

  • Root hunter
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    Root hunter

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    In this short problem, try to find the location of the roots of some unusual functions by finding where they change sign.