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Olympic Maths

Olympic Maths

To celebrate the 2016 Olympic Games, we have brought together these sports-themed challenges for you to try.

Use your reasoning skills to solve these sporty tasks. You will even need to set up your own Olympics throwing event for one of them!

The Animals' Sports Day 
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

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.

Can You Do it Too? 
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

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

The Games' Medals 
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

Can you see who the gold medal winner is? What about the silver medal winner and the bronze medal winner?

Half Time 
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?

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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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