Resources tagged with: Handling data
There are 54 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Handling data, you may find related items under Handling, processing and representing data.
Broad Topics > Handling, processing and representing data > Handling data
Unequal Averages
Play around with sets of five numbers and see what you can discover about different types of average...
Box Plot Match
Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
Half a Minute
Anna, Ben and Charlie have been estimating 30 seconds. Who is the best?
Wipeout
Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?
About Average
Can you find sets of numbers which satisfy each of our mean, median, mode and range conditions?
Estimating Time
How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
What's the Weather Like?
With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Perception Versus Reality
Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
Picturing the World
How can we make sense of national and global statistics involving very large numbers?
Olympic Triathlon
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
Which List Is Which?
Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
Statistical Shorts
Can you decide whether these short statistical statements are always, sometimes or never true?
Nutrition and Cycling
Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?
Olympic Records
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Who's the Best?
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
The Car That Passes
What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?
In the Playground
What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
Planning a School Trip
You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
The Hair Colour Game
The class were playing a maths game using interlocking cubes. Can you help them record what happened?
How Would You Score It?
Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.
For Richer for Poorer
Charlie has moved between countries and the average income of both has increased. How can this be so?
Searching for Mean(ing)
If you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights, how many of each would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg?
M, M and M
If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?
Reaction Timer
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
In the Bag
Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?
Substitution Cipher
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
Litov's Mean Value Theorem
Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
Tree Tops
Can you make sense of information about trees in order to maximise the profits of a forestry company?
Where Are You Flying?
Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?
Statistics - Maths of Real Life
This pilot collection of resources is designed to introduce key statistical ideas and help students to deepen their understanding.
Shifting Average
What happens to the average if you subtract 8 from all of the numbers?
Being Resilient - Primary Statistics
Statistics problems at primary level that may require resilience.
Being Resourceful - Primary Statistics
Statistics problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Being Collaborative - Primary Statistics
Statistics problems for primary learners to work on with others.
Being Curious - Primary Statistics
Statistics problems for inquiring primary learners.
Olympic Logic
Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
Secondary Cipher Challenge Part 1
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
A Random Rambling Rant
A random ramble for teachers through some resources that might add a little life to a statistics class.
The Wrong Stats
Why MUST these statistical statements probably be at least a little bit wrong?
Understanding Hypotheses
This article explores the process of making and testing hypotheses.
Data Matching
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
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
This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.
History of Morse
This short article gives an outline of the origins of Morse code and its inventor and how the frequency of letters is reflected in the code they were given.
Inspector Morse
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?
Cricket Ratings
Like all sports rankings, the cricket ratings involve some maths. In this case, they use a mathematical technique known as exponential weighting. For those who want to know more, read on.
Winning Team
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?