Handling data

There are 54 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Handling data
Where are you flying?
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Where are you flying?

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?
Olympic Logic
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Olympic logic

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
Secondary Cipher Challenge Part 1
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Secondary cipher challenge part 1

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
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?
Winning Team
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Winning team

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Nine cross country runners compete in a team competition in which there are three matches. If you were a judge how would you decide who would win?
Inspector Morse
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Inspector morse

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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You may like to read the article on Morse code before attempting this question. Morse's letter analysis was done over 150 years ago, so might there be a better allocation of symbols today?
Data matching
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Data matching

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
Placeholder: several colourful numbers
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Shifting average

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What happens to the average if you subtract 8 from all of the numbers?