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Being Collaborative - Statistics

How Would You Score It?

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.

Sociable Cards

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?

What Does Random Look Like?

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.

Olympic Records

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?

Picturing the World

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow star

How can we make sense of national and global statistics involving very large numbers?

Perception Versus Reality

Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level Yellow star

Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?

Box Plot Match

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow star

Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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