Sorting, processing and representing data

There are 67 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Sorting, processing and representing data
Graphing Number Patterns
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Graphing Number Patterns

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Does a graph of the triangular numbers cross a graph of the six times table? If so, where? Will a graph of the square numbers cross the times table too?
Football crazy Hockey mad
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Football crazy Hockey mad

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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In a league of 5 football teams which play in a round robin tournament show that it is possible for all five teams to be league leaders.
Hoops/Rope
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Hoops/Rope

Ideas for practical ways of representing data such as Venn and Carroll diagrams.
Enriching Data Handling
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Enriching Data Handling

This article for teachers looks at some suggestions taken from the NRICH website that offer a broad view of data and ask some more probing questions about it.
Meaningful Statistics
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Meaningful Statistics

This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.
Coordinates and Descartes
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Coordinates and Descartes

Have you ever wondered how maps are made? Or perhaps who first thought of the idea of designing maps? We're here to answer these questions for you.
What Does it Say to You?
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What Does it Say to You?

Written for teachers, this article discusses mathematical representations and takes, in the second part of the article, examples of reception children's own representations.