Handling data

There are 54 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Handling data
The car that passes
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The car that passes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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
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In the Playground

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
Planning a School Trip
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Planning a School Trip

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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.
The hair colour game
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The hair colour game

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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The class were playing a maths game using interlocking cubes. Can you help them record what happened?
How would you score it?
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How would you score it?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.
The wrong stats
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The wrong stats

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Why MUST these statistical statements probably be at least a little bit wrong?
For richer for poorer
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For richer for poorer

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Charlie has moved between countries and the average income of both has increased. How can this be so?
Searching for mean(ing)
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Searching for mean(ing)

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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If you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights, how many of each would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg?
m, m and m
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m, m and m

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?