Length/distance

There are 64 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Length/distance
Take your Dog for a Walk
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Take your dog for a walk

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7 to 11
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Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?

Car Journey
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Car journey

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5 to 7
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This practical activity involves measuring length/distance.
Olympic Starters
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Olympic starters

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7 to 11
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Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

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?

Olympic Measures
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Olympic measures

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11 to 14
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These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
Can you do \it too?
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Can you do it too?

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5 to 7
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Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

The animals' sports day
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The animals' sports day

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5 to 7
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One day five small animals in my garden were going to have a sports day. They decided to have a swimming race, a running race, a high jump and a long jump.

How Tall?
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How tall?

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5 to 11
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A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

Order, Order!
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Order, order!

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5 to 11
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Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?